I’m a bang for your buck guy, and always have been, because I’ve never had real money to spend on projects. I’ve had to do it myself, learn from those I can, and ultimately run as quick as I can afford but that’s it. I’ve been fortunate in recent years to have support from some great friends and companies, so I’ve been able to have a couple of higher horsepower combos, but most of the time they are on a budget. Which is one of the reasons I’ve gravitated toward nitrous for years. I put it on everything I can, and it’s fun. But is it really the best bang for your buck power adder anymore?

With turbos being cheaper than ever before, it’s amazing what you can do to make insane horsepower per dollar. So can turbos compete with nitrous when you are trying to make the most power per dollar? Or does nitrous reign supreme?

In this video from Richard Holdener, he’s going after horsepower per dollar  and we will see if nitrous or cheap turbos reign supreme.

Video Description:

HOW TO MAKE CHEAP, LOW-BUCK, JUNKYARD LS POWER. HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO TURBOCHARGE A JUNKYARD LS? HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO ADD NITROUS TO YOUR MOTOR? HOW MUCH POWER IS A TURBO WORTH? HOW MUCH POWER IS NITROUS OXIDE WORTH? WHICH ONE MAKES MORE POWER. WHICH ONE COSTS LESS? CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO WHERE I COMPARED THE COSTS OF LOW-BUCK, LS TURBO SET UP TO A LOW-BUCK, NITROUS SET UP. THE COST QUESTION IS ACTUALLY MORE COMPLICATED, SINCE THE COST IS A FUNCTION OF THE DESIRED POWER. FULL DYNO RESULTS ON ADDING A 300-HP SHOT TO A JUNKYARD (CAMMED) 5.3L, AND ADDING 10 PSI TO A CAMMED 5.3L.