[Jim Wahl]

I really was not going to respond to this but since Jeff did I feel I must once again set the record straight. Jeff your over simplification of the lack of consistency with the turbo cars astounds me. Especially since you used to race one. Maybe your answer was meant to be a joke but it did not come across as such. A stick car is more consistant than an auto? I don't think so, maybe if you run a clutchless Jerico such as yours but certainly not a FWD manual tranny. Also both you and Bill are dead wrong about boost lowering when you improve air flow. It increases boost, up to the maximum efficiency of the turbo. Example: If I change from a 2.5" downpipe to a 3" boost will increase by about 2lbs. without changing anything else. Better flow = more boost. Just an example.
Bill said:
"I realize that this is a gross over-simplification, but the idea is this:
The guy with the tuurbo car has EVERY OPTION afforded the normally-aspirated car, to make his car faster, PLUS, possibly one the normally-aspirated car does NOT have: BOOST INCREASE"

Really Bill? EVERY OPTION? How fast do you think RWD combos would run if they had to run the stock rear gear ratio? Say a 3.73 as compared to a 5.13? How about tranny ratios? FWD cars are forced to use STOCK transmission gear ratios which hinder them greatly. Most came with a 3.23 final ratio. This is just one example. There are many, but this is not the thread for this and I am sorry if this has hijacked a good thread for this kind of BS. Bottom line, if you think it is so easy and adventageous to run a turbo car, what's stopping you? Why do you think there are so few of them out there? Hmmm? I never realized you guys were such "turbophobes". You both are intelligent guys and this is very disappointing to me. Jim