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Nice one Jim; not so sure the green boat didn't use a little "spray" the way he built a lead coming out of the far turn

Jim, Here's my Hondo T-Deck

It takes no talent (other than being able to read and use a wrench) to double, triple or more a engines performance without even breaking into the motor.

while its fine that you disagree that turbo's and SC's are "cheaters"...as everybody is entitled to their own opinion, to say it takes no talent to bolt a turbo on something is just wrong. Sure, there will always be hacks that bolt them on to their Honda Prelude and proceed to blow the entire thing up 100 miles later......sorta like a guy that pulls the Denco Specs from Mraxls site and thinks a saturday with a Dremmel tool will double their HP.. When all they did was ruin the bottom end.

We don't always agree Cody......

I have been picking up car mags once every few years to see what's new. And forever, there were how-to's on bolting on a turbo or blower. You buy the "kit", bolt it on and go, done deal. Same with bikes, bolt on 2-300hp without even pulling a valve cover.

I do agree there will always be guys that way too much boost is not enough (not saying any names RB) and will blow their motors to shreads. And the porting comparison is not really valid, any job can be done incorrectly by the inexperianced. I guess that's why there are so many "how-to" articles in the car mags.

But there are also guys that can take an engine that made 180hp off the showfloor and can squeeze 700 (semi) reliable HP out of it.

You CANT just bolt a turbo on something, expect HP AND expect it to last. The first order of business is tearing the engine down to make sure it will be able to handle the extra stress put on it. Head work to lower comp, stronger rods, hardware, etc....

Well, not from what I have seen........

My friend Todd is a 2 stroke guru (holding records for NA snowmobiles in his class), a Nitrous Freak, AND is now experimenting with Turbo.... The guy just likes to see how far he can take an engine. One of the most talented and intelligent people I know in regards to 2 stroke power.

There will always be guys that there will never be enough acelleration, hp, or speed. Always pushing the envelope, I don't discount their endevors. That's different than a average Joe bolting on a "kit".

I just personally would rather watch a slower race between two guys that dug in their motors, used their elbow grease and skills to hop up their racer, than two guys that did nothing more than bolted on turbo's, blowers or bottles.