Askinf for DSM purchase advice

[Novice]

Hello everyone,

I'm new to the site here. It's a great place by the way. I have been researching alot into dsm's as of late because I am wishfully saving to buy one. I currently own a 1993 Nissan Altima XE. Alas my car is slowly falling apart, has high mileage and is just not worth it to put money into anymore. My main question would be should I go with a turbo set up or naturally aspirated 2.0. My budget is going to have to stay between 2000 to 2500 hundred dollars. The car purchased would be a daily driver. But I like to go to the local track every now and then. My current car's best 1/4 ET is 16.9 @83 mph. Will a stock n/t dsm beat that time? I have seen some bad numbers from the 1.8l but nothing from the 2.0l. I don't want to take a step back as far a ET's go. Also I have read alot about timing belts being thrown and ruining valves. Is this more of a common issue with turbo or does it aply to n/t as well? Or more so, would a n/t be more reliable than a turbo since this would be my only car, I would be out of luck to have it throw timing with me trying to be a weekend warrior Any advice would be awesome I apologize for the long winded post. Thanks again.

EDIT: sorry about the thread link typo, Nervous 1st post

 

[DSMcamaro]

Both turbo and not turbo dsm's can skip/throw/break timing belts. Your in kind of a tuff stop but none the less, a spot im sure alot of people are in. Turbo cars do require more maintance than non-turbos. But if your going to the track, you would love and AWD turbo dsm and could be in the high 14's with some good driving skills.(bone stock) And it would only take a couple of mods to get to low 14/ high 13's. AWD cars also require more maintance than fwd. Overall, I would say get a turbo if you think you can afford to maintain it, otherwise, stick woth a n/t until you have a differnt daily driver to rely on.