Depends on how many shot of nitrous. A 50 shot of nitrous isn't going to come close to a good 8psi turbo. You also can't spray nitrous when the RPMs are too low, so don't give me any crap about turbo having spool up time

100 shot of nitrous on the other hand...

 

A turbo at 2 psi isn't going to do much for torque either... everything is relative. 8 psi on this car equates to about 120 additional RWHP which should be about the same as 100 shot of nitrous. However the nitrous will probably add more than 150 lb/ft. of torque to the wheels assuming a direct port set up. The turbo at 8 psi will probably add about 80ish lb/ft. to the wheels.

 

Yes, but a 2psi turbo is considered a ridiculous waste of time, where as a 50 shot of nitrous is considered the "common" form. A 100 shot is considered going pretty extreme.

How in the world do you add more horsepower but less torque anyway? They're directly related mathematically.

 

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Get a large turbo!!! If someone makes the lysholm for s2k get one of those... http://www.bahnbrenner.com/bbmservices/screwcompressor
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maybe comptech make one? not too sure

 

The question was "What is best way to increase torque?"

I don't think anybody can argue about a turbo being better than a SC for torque (see the chart posted above). If that doesn't convince you drive my SC'd car and then take out BlackS2000Turbo's car - you'll see what I mean.

Regarding nitrous versus turbo, it would depend on what is meant by the "best way". A turbo is always there and if you want the same torque all the time, nitrous certainly doesn't seem feasible (unless you have a nitrous tanker following you). If, for some insane reason you were drag racing the car, I would think that nitrous may give a turbo a good run for the money (but I don't have dyno charts to back that up). My greatest concern would be that damage to the motor. It seems to me, from what I have read, that it is much easier to do nitrous the wrong way and cook a motor. Some of the more technical experts on this board have already stated that a dry system can be very dangerous.

-YS

 

We're not talking mathematics here... we're talking about forced induction on the S2000. Are you implying that at say 8 psi of boost the increase of hp over base should be equivalent to the increase of torque over base? If so... then you're wrong.

 

Best way? Buy a different car.

 

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I was under the impression that you were implying a gain of 100 hp should also yield a gain of 100 lb/ft. of torque. Either way... my numbers that I explained previously have been backed by numerous dynos.

 

we're talking about the s2000 here, not power theory.