Speed Costs... how fast do you want to go?
I have heard it said that you should figure to spend $100 per 1rwhp.
Obvious Exceptions:
Nitrous = 40hp @ $400 (give or take a couple of hundred) and you are at 1rwhp = $10
However, there are inherent limitations and benefitswith this solution.
Cost of entry is low... as is potential.
Turbo = 100hp @ $5K (give or take a couple of thousand) and you are at 1rwhp = $50
However, there are inherent limitations and benefits with this solution as well.
Cost of entry is higher... as is potential.
Real World Example:
I run a 6lb spring in the waste gaste.
With lowered compression I have dyno'd at 210hp (probably the lowest I have ever seen on a Turbo bike).
I have a 2-stage boost controller that allows me to adjust the secondary boost levels, actuated by a switch on the bars (the hazard switch).
When I am tooling around town, 210hp is fine.
When I want more... I ask myself a couple of questions:
How much more boost do I want?
How much more risk am I willing to take?
My bike is safe on pump gas to 12psi.
That is roughly 300hp.
If I feel the desire to be more risky, I can turn the boost up higher.
I have water injection and run race gas anytime I go above 10psi.
To date, I have run 15psi with no problems... no idea on the HP numbers... but it is quite impressive.
The down side, I am going to blow the bike up with my stock bottom end if I am not careful.
Truth be told... I turned the adjuster the wrong way the other day... tried to turn the boost down... accidentally cranked it up
Back to my point... you can't just turn a screw and / or flip a switch so easily with nitrous and / or a big bore kit and add an additional 100hp.
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I have heard it said that you should figure to spend $100 per 1rwhp.
Obvious Exceptions:
Nitrous = 40hp @ $400 (give or take a couple of hundred) and you are at 1rwhp = $10
However, there are inherent limitations and benefitswith this solution.
Cost of entry is low... as is potential.
Turbo = 100hp @ $5K (give or take a couple of thousand) and you are at 1rwhp = $50
However, there are inherent limitations and benefits with this solution as well.
Cost of entry is higher... as is potential.
Real World Example:
I run a 6lb spring in the waste gaste.
With lowered compression I have dyno'd at 210hp (probably the lowest I have ever seen on a Turbo bike).
I have a 2-stage boost controller that allows me to adjust the secondary boost levels, actuated by a switch on the bars (the hazard switch).
When I am tooling around town, 210hp is fine.
When I want more... I ask myself a couple of questions:
How much more boost do I want?
How much more risk am I willing to take?
My bike is safe on pump gas to 12psi.
That is roughly 300hp.
If I feel the desire to be more risky, I can turn the boost up higher.
I have water injection and run race gas anytime I go above 10psi.
To date, I have run 15psi with no problems... no idea on the HP numbers... but it is quite impressive.
The down side, I am going to blow the bike up with my stock bottom end if I am not careful.
Truth be told... I turned the adjuster the wrong way the other day... tried to turn the boost down... accidentally cranked it up
Back to my point... you can't just turn a screw and / or flip a switch so easily with nitrous and / or a big bore kit and add an additional 100hp.
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