I know you're not being a smartass. I'm just telling you.

Turbo is less dependable. It is possible to destroy your engine. Especially if installed incorrectly. If you accidentally set boost too high, you blow it. If you leak oil, you can burn up or melt the turbo. There are many more reasons.

Simply raising compression does very little to change the engine dynamics. All it does is allow for more gasoline and air to be exploded. More fuel/air = more power. Simple, safe HP increase.

Those are my reasons. My friend is going RRM Stage 2. To each, their own.
Good luck deciding, akasirlancerlot.

 

why not, I want to be unique from everyone else, yeah it will cost more, but I will have the self satisfaction of being the Fastest N/A Auto Lancer. I am not looking to drag race or beat out turbo cars, infact, You can't compare my N/A car to a turbo car, its not in the same class. In the end, All I am looking to do is to get some more streetable power so that when I am driving I have some passing power instead of being out paced by v6 mini vans =P.

-Justin

its your choice if you want to follow the crowd or not, but I am happy with N/A.

 

Turbo is more maintenance, especially difficult for inspections, smog, and warranty work, too. Everyone's different dude... I know if I had the money, I'd go for these pistons long before I considered a turbo.
-N

 

.... it looks liek pistons and na then i dont want to have to deal with that crap... ! thanks guys!

 

Turbo is awesome but if you have time on your hands and you know how to do basic stuff. The install is very involving and then all the maintance. I want to drive my lancer for some time and pistons would pretty much renew the engine and give me some power to deliver my groceries faster! :P

 

indeed or to beat in some honda hoods... lol i love killin hondas in my auto lancer ahahahahhahahahah

 

we are lucky that our cars are torquey little bastards because of this even an auto can kill hondas.

-Justin

 

turbo requires a lot of maintnence, time, and effort. If you aren't going to monitor the car correctly and take the necessary precautions and steps to insure correct install and correct boost levels, its not worth the money. If you know what your doing and your going to stay on top of your car constantly, turbo is the way to go. I wouldn't say that its less reliable either, its going to last as long as you want it to. The more time and effort and care you put into it the longer its going to last you. Its also by far the biggest HP per $ gain your going to find. I plan on getting dynoed but you don't need my dyno sheet to show you that turbo is making over 100% additional HP at the wheels over stock.

 

deeed! i love doin it... i dont even have exhasust!!!

 

Doug - you know that ACCIDENTALLY installing turbo wrong is like, a $15,000 dollar mistake...i guess its possible if you don't do the install yourself, becuase then you just get it on the road and get an MBC and your just like ahh whatever, but if you do the install yourself your going to be cautious of these things. plus, if you get wastegate springs, the boost isn't going anywhere other than what that spring is set at , as far as oil, same deal, thats a user mistake. like my previous statement, if your not going to stay on top of things as simple as oil leaks, you don't need a turbo. i'm not trying to steer peopel away from going N/A, im just giving my personal experience in what is required to MAKE turbo safe. id like to see what kind of gains a non turbo lancer can get with something like pistons and other bolt ons.

 

when you going to have these pistons?????? i e-mailed you a year ago about high comp pistons rock.....10.0 to 1 that is a little low you gotta go at least 10.5 to 1

 

Need a least one more guy to put the $ down to order them. Only a couple guys were serious. AS for bad turbo install be $15000 mistake..... Worst is $1500 mistake. Turbo is still the way to go for ultimate h.p.

ROAD/RACE

 

again, just like with nos, there is safe, and safer. I understand that a turbo can be relatively safe, but everyone I have known with a turbo has had to constantly be on top of things, more so on aftermarket turbos. The only car I have seen not have any problems with a turbo is my friends 95 miata, girls car, I know, but he is pushing 25 psi and that thing will whip on any of the cars here. mind you this is with stock internals too. Some cars are built to handle the stresses fo a turbo from the factory, while others can't run very high without alot of engine work. I for one would not feel safe running a turbo on our car without forged pistons and rods. I might even go as far as getting new valves and springs. I think really in the end, to each there own. you go turbo, ill go N/A, but aslong as we are both happy with our cars for what we use them for then that is all that matters.

 

"""""""I think really in the end, to each there own. you go turbo, ill go N/A, but aslong as we are both happy with our cars for what we use them for then that is all that matters."""""""

WOW this is so TRUE and RIGHT and ahhhhh.
Everyone who is like : why won't you just buy an EVO or a real race car, should remember this statement.

AS long as I like my car and it's a pleasure for me to drive and clean it that's all it matters!!!

 

what u think my hp would be if i ran these pistons with a piggybakc (compatible right) and catback with intake and headers? if i wanna stay na i wanna get at least up to 150 hp.