Project Hatch

[WRXtranceformed]

Naw your right dave, the average simple non built LS boosted motor (at least in a TON of my friends) puts down around 230whp, and 180lb/ft of torque. However, most of em had small little nitpicky issues all the fucking time (welcome to boost).

I say do the K, for that kind of power? Fuck messing with turbos, it would be worth the money to do the KA to forget the headaches, get a stock lsd in the tranny along with a six-speed, and have something thatll run forever in the stock powerband.

Instead of....piecing together turbo kit, more heat, more tuning issues, boost leaks, 5-speed non-lsd ls trans, less displacement, more mileage on a b18, and always the chance of a tune going wrong, boost spike, etc. taking it out.

Its like comparing an ls7 to say....2jz, sorry goodspeed. Id rather have something that has the power always, and dont have to worry about all the small things that can go wrong in turbo setups.

That was the whole point I was trying to make, in so many words. I think it's worth it if you're looking to add power to go the NA route *for a daily driver* unless you've driven a pieced-together turbo-kitted daily driver before and are fine with the quirks and problems you're going to run into... a lot.

Most guys out there that say their turbo'd project "has no issues" or is "reliable" usually just ignore the downsides they're facing every day or are in denial of what they're dealing with heh.