Best turbo for under £2500

people who find lag an issue obviously don't know how to drive turbo cars, the only time lag might bother someone is when overtaking and expecting instant power but then if you know how to drive a turbo then you compensate a bit knowing exactly when the power will kick in. So what if an N/A might be slightly quicker off the mark, 0.5 seconds later the boost will kick in and kick your arse past them. For me nothing beats the feeling of a turbo kicking in and burying your head in the headrest
 
Toker said:
people who find lag an issue obviously don't know how to drive turbo cars
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They may well know how to drive it but just find the lag an issue compared to a responsive NA where is it far easier to balance a car through a series of corners. I agree its not a huge problem but its something to adjust to, regardless if you know how to drive. Its the better drivers who will be able to notice a serious difference between NA and turbo as they drive the cars closer to their tractive limits.
 
Jonnycoupe said:
They may well know how to drive it but just find the lag an issue compared to a responsive NA where is it far easier to balance a car through a series of corners. I agree its not a huge problem but its something to adjust to, regardless if you know how to drive. Its the better drivers who will be able to notice a serious difference between NA and turbo as they drive the cars closer to their tractive limits.
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I didn't say they couldn't drive, I said if they couldn't deal with a little bit of lag they couldn't drive turbo cars - a good driver is adjustable. I don't mind N/A cars but I miss the big mid range kick, the only satisfying N/A cars I've driven were an S4 and a 911 carrera 2S but they are at a whole different price point
 
For me the only thing that slightly bothers me about turbo cars is the relative flatness off boost because of the lower compression ratio compared with an NA.
 
( |-| |2 ][ $;11992249 said:
Fox I wasn't saying N/A are slow just that if you want to go quick you need to use the lower gear and thus higher revs, and thats in any car.
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Same with a turbo car unless the turbo is spooled up. Thats what annoyed me about the GTI - driving along at about 1500-2000rpm, foot down, nothing...... woosh.
 
[TW]Fox;11993236 said:
Same with a turbo car unless the turbo is spooled up. Thats what annoyed me about the GTI - driving along at about 1500-2000rpm, foot down, nothing...... woosh.
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But the performance in the majority of N/A cars isn't exactly going to be stellar at 1500rpm either.

Toker said:
I'd never put my foot down at 1500-2000 rpm N/A or turbo, drop a gear then plant the foot :)
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Indeed. N/A or turbo, if you want maximum acceleration you need to drop a cog or two.
 
£2,500 and turbo = Nissan GTIR.

Get a good one and hope it doesn't break :)

Theres one up the road from me for £3k and I'm quite tempted.
 
DreXeL said:
But the performance in the majority of N/A cars isn't exactly going to be stellar at 1500rpm either
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True but the power of, say, a 2 litre turbo at 1500rpm is that of a 2 litre engine, great...

The difference is responsiveness between the R32 and the GTI was very noticeable.
 
At those sort of rpm most forced induction setups can only make things worse than N/A. What you need is displacement, so its no wonder the R32 is far better.
 
I think you just need to be a man about it and run full anti lag w/throttle kicker.

Or some nitrous to get some spoolage :p

So what if you get through a few turbos a year and the engine happens to get toasty? Its all in the name of fun right? ;)
 
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