VOTE! (Turbo vs. S/C)

[mikebdubsuby]

Originally Posted by frownonfun

to buy a car and swap the engine with a different car makes no sense to me. why didn't you just buy the car with the engine you swapped to in the first place?

Because I didn't know how significant the difference in holding boost was between a closed deck and open deck block. And once I bought the car and wanted to turbo it and did research and found out that my engine wouldn't hold, swapping seemed like a better option than selling my car and taking a loss. Swapping isn't a big deal. It was a weekend project. It was simple. I'm able to retain my complete stock drivetrain. All that was really involved was pulling one motor, swapping out the fuel pump for a higher flowing one, and then swapping the crossmember, drop the other motor in and you're done. With that mentality, why do anything to your car instead of buying a car that was modded by the previous owner? Because we're car enthusiasts.