Originally Posted by
Andy_R
I dont know where the misconception that low compression = lag comes from, its simply not the case at all. An engine built and spec'd correctly matched with a decent turbo and with propper mapping, will not result in a laggy drive.
I've driven more than just a few Turbocharged cars where the complression ratio's are well into the low 7's (and below) which were all far from laggy.
Good example is 1.6 CVH xr3i and 1.6 RS Turbo... Of the boost NA 1.6 is more responsive and thats got to do mostly with the CR
P.S. people should start knowing, that thing which we like to call "lag" should be called "spool up time".... in real theory "lag" is the time between shifts and not the time before turbo kicks in from the start that is called "spool up time"