SRI-Turbo VS 1997 Import Integra Type R

[FLY-SRi]

Hey guys my mate recently bought a 97 Imported Integra Type R and he was telling me that he could whip me in my SRI turbo, is this true? coz the current Type R is slower then stock SRi Turbo, does any1 know how quick they are? should i give him a run with my stock SRI-T?

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[My04SRi]

i think them type r are like 147kw at the wheels N/A

[Jass]

The integra type R is 147kw with only 178nm of torque. My mate has a limited editon which is 147kw and not the standard 140kw that most integras come with.

The SRI turbo's are 140kw(true figure) and 250nm of torque.
I can tell you that the SRI turbo would win hands down over the integra, and i have done it raced and integra with extractors and exhaust, and with only cat back on mine at the time, 1st and 2nd pretty equal but as soon as i hit 3rd i left that integra eating my dust. Good thing about the integra is that it has an LSD so you can put the power down to the ground much quicker.

[FLY-SRi]

hey thanks alots...think i mite make my mate eat his words or eat my dust

[Jass]

Exaclty mate, prove it to him on the track, type R is good for track great suspension and LSD help place power to the tyres much better the the astra, but the astra engine is overall better, with boost pretty much across all revs.

[InsaneAsylum]

you'll get your ass kicked... your turbo is nothing compared to the wrath of the almighty VTEC! :P

[Degen-Astra]

Wouldnt you hate to be that indecisive Type R VTEC Astra!?!? :wink:

[Jass]

You gotta rev the tits of a Type R to get it moving pffft!

[SmellyTofu]

Turbo a Type R... (my friend has one built by Belperformance).. and quietly speaking, it kicks ass.

Yes, the LSD rocks coz it actually pulls the car in, preventing it from understeering. Point them both on the old pacific hwy and you'd be actually surprised who would win and it's not a turbo. 0-100 runs is just boring and of course the turbo will work better but probably not that much more.

Jass, nothing wrong with revs.... nothing worse than a 6k redline when you just want to keep going to the 8-9 range.

Seriously speaking though... I have never considered an Astra to be a racer.. more a high performance touring car.. something classier than the raw Type R and something liveable though I could live in a Type R as a daily driver.

[Jass]

Dont get me wrong, i love the Type R's i was considering one before purchasing the astra, as a N/A there awsome specially how you feel the car slam you to the back of the seat when you hit 8000rpm. A turbo Typre R would kick ass, the power through the middle range rpm's and then the vtec way at the top what else can you ask for, however were talking big $ specially since you would need to drop the compression to accomedate the Turbo, i saw one of this in autospeed a few issues back.