whats the best motor for turbo?

[AzCivic]

Originally posted by MrCLoWnY


Stock Compression of 8:5 is an ideal compression for turbo. Also there is more to tuning then just retarding your timing. By getting a standalone and tuning it on a dyno machine you can actually recreate your fuel curve that best matches your setup. Which is alot of difference from stock ECU................. Let me briefly explain to you what compression is and how a turboed car is effected by compression. Say you have 10:1 compression. In NAturally aspirated car you would run 10:1 compression. Simple right? However once you are turboed and forcing air in their. Say one bar or 14.7 then once your air gets compressed in there your compression works like its almost doubled. IM not sure exactly what the formula is but you are running like 15-18 compression. As you know NA cars have higher compression. MOre compression means more horsepower. Blah Blah Blah.........

I appreciate your input but I already know this, what i'm talking about is this somewhat new thinking on the internet about the stock compression on Honda's being OK for turbo as long as its "tuned real good". My question is what the hell are they doing in this "tuning" that the dealerships can't do, since the dealerships are running (approx)8.5:1 yet these people on the forums are touting it doesn't matter what the compression is(within reason).