Integra or hatchback for roadcourse racing?
11-17-2002 | 10:43 AM
#24
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From: Sacramelto, home after 10 years in Texas
Originally posted by MrFatBooty
Someone tell me how an LS is better. Bolt the same turbo onto an LS and GSR, set the boost controller to 8 psi and get the fuel straight on both cars. The GSR makes more power and neither one blows up. You want to run a lot of boost in either car and it's time to upgrade to forged pistons which means the stock CR of the GSR becomes a non-issue.
Anyway back to the original topic, how's the car going to be set up? Gutted with a 1-piece seat with a cage? Street legal?
You can find a '92-'95 CX hatch for like mad cheap, probably 2 grand tops. With the other 8 grand you can pay for a swap, big brakes, suspension goodies and a decent supply of Hoosiers. Ligher is better, screw wheelbase or weight distribution. Hatches are 500 to 600 pounds lighter than Integras. Who cares if they're nose heavy, there's so little weight that you can manage weight transfer fine with suspension adjustments. This is especially true for road racing where the corners are generally faster and smoother than in autocross.
Someone tell me how an LS is better. Bolt the same turbo onto an LS and GSR, set the boost controller to 8 psi and get the fuel straight on both cars. The GSR makes more power and neither one blows up. You want to run a lot of boost in either car and it's time to upgrade to forged pistons which means the stock CR of the GSR becomes a non-issue.
Anyway back to the original topic, how's the car going to be set up? Gutted with a 1-piece seat with a cage? Street legal?
You can find a '92-'95 CX hatch for like mad cheap, probably 2 grand tops. With the other 8 grand you can pay for a swap, big brakes, suspension goodies and a decent supply of Hoosiers. Ligher is better, screw wheelbase or weight distribution. Hatches are 500 to 600 pounds lighter than Integras. Who cares if they're nose heavy, there's so little weight that you can manage weight transfer fine with suspension adjustments. This is especially true for road racing where the corners are generally faster and smoother than in autocross.
11-17-2002 | 11:53 AM
#25
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From: Westside til I die
The b20 is *slightly* heavier than the LS/GSR blocks, because the sleeve is made of a heavier material. Other than that, it is basically the same as an LS block, just has a bigger bore....it sits the same way in the engine bay, doesn't lean, so it'd handle like a hatch with an LS.