Can you go back to naturally aspirated from turbo ownership?

[Bob_Defly]

I had NA cars for a long time, culminating in the Exige. Then when I wanted an old shed to stop me putting so many miles on the Lotus I bought a '99 Impreza, just a turbo, nothing special. But my god, the acceleration felt just as quick (if not quicker) than the Exige. I'm quite sure it was slower, it's just that the torque gave you more of the accelerative feel.

Now I'm not a massive fan of turbo'd cars, I much prefer something like the inline six in an older BMW. I currently have a Genesis Coupe which has decent torque (220-ish) from it's 2.0T engine. It's not actually that quick to 60 but feels pretty good. Thing is, I'm worried the next NA car I buy which should be an upgrade (faster to 60 and more expensive) will actually feel slower in comparison!

Any idea how much more power or torque you need to step up to from a turbo car to an NA one that would feel more powerful? I'm interested to hear from others who have done the same. I don't want to be disappointed with a new car.

And much as I like the new BMW's nothing beats the old inline 6 IMHO.

[Bob_Defly]

That's the thing.

I like the delivery of the torque in a turbo engine, but they seem to get wheezy at 5k rpm, and from 6k-7k are just making noise with no extra acceleration. Even a new STi which is a great car, feels the same to me, it feels like you're changing gear 1k-2k rpm too early.

I think I need to go from a 2.0T to something NA but over 3.0 litres. Then I can get the power delivery I want and it shouldn't be too down on the 'pushing you back into the seat' feeling.