Higher Displacement or Turbo?

[samu23]

Having just made the move from a tuned MR2 turbo to a 350Z running roughly the same power, the V6 engine sounds and feels much better than a smaller turbocharged engine!

What do most people prefer in there sports cars, turbo or sporty V6, 8, 10 etc.......

[Rawwr]

Normally aspirated, peaky as fk and with a throttle response sharper than a page of Oscar Wilde witticisms that have been rolled up into a point, sprinkled with lemon juice and jabbed into someones eye.

[anonymous-user]

er, both........

[Dave Hedgehog]

Max_Torque said:

er, both........

correct answer

[samu23]

Wowww.

[thiscocks]

Propper sports cars are n/a. Ideally around 100bhp per liter.

[Defcon5]

I much prefer NA engines for hooning in.

[robmlufc]

There's no replacement for displacement.

[valverguy]

Rawwr said:

Normally aspirated, peaky as fk and with a throttle response sharper than a page of Oscar Wilde witticisms that have been rolled up into a point, sprinkled with lemon juice and jabbed into someones eye.

Someone loves the crimson small one as much as i do.... Smoke me a kipper ill be back for breakfast!

[kambites]

I'd go for:

High specific output NA > large capacity low specific output NA = supercharger > slow > turbo

[XitUp]

Totally depends on the car.

[Jonny777]

As the man said earlier, both!

Except I have them in 2 different cars.

[superman84]

kambites said:

I'd go for:

High specific output NA > large capacity low specific output NA = supercharger > slow > turbo

Ah I see the turbo police are out already

[GroundEffect]

Done right, both have their own unique characteristics and both are fun.

But since I'm a total sound we, I'd give the nudge to N/A if I had to.

[KobayashiMaru]

[GroundEffect]

KobayashiMaru said:

Replace that with the Honda RA005 Suzuka-spec and you're there.

[Mr MXT]

Gaz. said:

This reminds me when someone asked a female PHer: length or girth? Answer: yes.

More is more.

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[s m]

In an F40 I'd opt for a small turbo V8 whereas in a GT3 RS I'd go for a larger capacity naturally aspirated six

[NiceCupOfTea]

Both in separate cars please!

Love the linear power delivery of a good n/a, but there is nothing like a turbo for that real push in the back / starfield blurring / hyperspace effect.

Also, in the real world turbos are brilliant for efficient overtaking.

[anonymous-user]

I've got from 2.0 Turbo 4WD, to 2.5 Straight 6 RWD, to 2.3 Turbo 4WD and now I am heading back to 2.8 Straight 6 RWD

So fked if I know