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Old Dec 29, 2003 | 07:44 AM
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Originally posted by TAWS6
awww nos is fun, but my baby is about to have twins in a week or so .... i probly should not get into this turkey shot but what the fuck right?.... personaly if there was 2 cars sitting right next to each other and one was turboed and the other had NOS i personaly would be more impressived by the one with turbos, there is a few reasons for this....

1. He can run those times all night long because he does not have to worry about such things like warming the bottle to get proper PSI, or the bottle emptying out.

2. he spent the 2-9k on that kit rather than taking the cheap way out and just getting a 500$ NOS kit that a grampa could but on his buick (no pun intented )

3. personaly i like the sound a turbo makes and the look of one in a engine (if you can see it).

once again this is all my VIEW and is not ment to take seriously just what I THINK......

I would have to agree that a turbo car is impressive, but I think you are missing the point. I do not have anyone writing checks to cover the work being done on my car, I am paying for it. If someone spending more money to make their car faster impresses you, once again, you've missed the point, I am always more impressed with a well thought out game plan that works rather than someone dropping their car off at the shop with a blank check and saying call me when it's done. I don't care if it's turbo, supercharger, nitrous, or N/A, if you had nothing to do with the planning and execution, yes the car might be impressive, but you are not. Chance, you are barely seeing a 1/2 second drop from motor to nitrous times, is this because you are too lazy to heat the bottle? Or just scared of the car? If it is the first, just put it in the tub, and run hot water over it for a few minutes, put a blanket over it in the car, and it will be good for the night, this is what I have always done, and I have never had a problem. If it's the latter, I can't wait to be there for your first turbo pass. You are so quick to say that turbos are better than nitrous, but you never used your nitrous kit to it's potential. In my opinion, nitrous is actually easier on your motor because it is only activated for a short time, whereas your turbos will be making boost every time you get on it (I know, you won't get on it all the time ) Maybe it doesn't sound as cool as a turbo, but I would rather nothing be heard until it's too late anyway. I'm not going to be the guy that drives around popping his BOV, and frankly, that's pretty annoying. I don't know, maybe if all I had to do was ask and I could get a turbo kit, I might have one, but as long as I'm paying the bills, and doing my own work, $4000 to do what I've already done seems like a complete waste of money. If you were paying the bills, you would probably be a little more inclined to make your nitrous kit work too.
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