| Ok for all the Gear Heads!! Turbocharger OR Supercharger?
Posted: 7/20/2009 1:39:19 PM | for street use a turbo is better because it won't be spooled up the entire time. it's better on fuel, since most of the time your cruising and not racing. turbo lag kinda sucks, but with the proper set up it will be minimal, and the souund of a turbo and a blow of valve is undeniably awesome.
superchargers are alright, but in my opinion are more for straight up racing. if you put a turbo and a supercharger on two different cars that are identical, they would probably be just as fast (pushing the same PSI) | |
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| Ok for all the Gear Heads!! Turbocharger OR Supercharger?
Posted: 7/20/2009 1:45:55 PM | See this is the same thing I was telling my friend but he grew up in circle track cars and nascar. Me myself I'm a Import turner and has always argued my case about this but it was always me against other people. Every car I have own for the last 10 years has only been turbo. I doubt I will ever buy a non-turbo car they!! I would have to say
Turbochargers WIN!!!!  | |
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| Ok for all the Gear Heads!! Turbocharger OR Supercharger?
Posted: 7/20/2009 1:51:35 PM | turbo lag is a easy problem to fix all you really need is some good cams.
as far as pushing the same psi No way Superchargers can't handle the psi A turbo can handle. Some turbo max psi is like 30lbs for smaller cars of course but like turbo diesels well over that. superchargers would fly off the motor with that much psi.
My GSX eclipse was pushing 25psi stock is 14psi but I had aftermarket turbo and all supporting mods now a supercharger pushing that much psi would blow up for sure. | |
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| Ok for all the Gear Heads!! Turbocharger OR Supercharger?
Posted: 7/20/2009 3:54:09 PM | i'm sayin if you take a bmw 3 series and put a turbo on one and a supercharger on another. lets say we bring them both to 9 psi. In a race, the turbo lag wouldnt really be an issue and they should pretty much cross the finish line at the same time.
this means that turbo's are better (even with minor lag) because of less fuel consumption during cruising, and much easier to mod and like you said bring the PSI up to a ridiculous amt.
I had a buddy with an Evo at 26psi. below 3k rpms a honda civic coulda beat it, but anything above 3k rpms that thing was a beast. it was kinda hard to drive it on the streets tho. | |
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| Ok for all the Gear Heads!! Turbocharger OR Supercharger?
Posted: 7/20/2009 7:02:03 PM | | ^No, the 9PSI turbo car would 'pwn the SC car because it is giving up NOTHING to turn the unit. The BMW 3-series (especially M cars) make their hp up-top. Turbo's love to rev, and SC's just suck more and more hp to turn them the faster you turn them. | |
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| Ok for all the Gear Heads!! Turbocharger OR Supercharger?
Posted: 7/21/2009 2:42:10 AM | There are trade offs for both, the key difference being how power is supplied.
Turbo from exhaust, which some see as energy efficient, as it is using an otherwise wasted energy source.
Supercharger: belt driven, connecting directly to the engine.
My preference is Supercharger (love drag racing). Victor Bray's black Castrol-Konica ‘57 Chev produces almost 2500 horsepower from its TFX 526-cubic inch Supercharged Chevy V8 and has recorded speeds in excess of 230 mph over the quarter mile. Can’t beat that for some serious horse power! | |
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| Ok for all the Gear Heads!! Turbocharger OR Supercharger?
Posted: 7/21/2009 4:42:42 AM | "Moonshine bandit", a 1959 Studebaker (supercharged) Driven by Robin Judd: Australia Top Doorslammer pass, a 5.868sec at Perth Motorplex, November 16, 2008.
Then this: 246.58 mph, followed by 249.31mph @ Willowbank Jan 3, 09.
For sheer "grunt" it has to be supercharged! | |
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| Ok for all the Gear Heads!! Turbocharger OR Supercharger?
Posted: 7/21/2009 6:52:09 AM | | Other than the turbo diesel used in tractors, industrial engines and on transport engines they are generally more trouble than they are worth. Superchargers are slightly less of a maintenance headache in actual practise -- however they aren't quite as efficient overall. But I am a collector of the totally impractical big-block late 60's early 70 muscle cars -- so what do I know.... | |
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| Ok for all the Gear Heads!! Turbocharger OR Supercharger?
Posted: 8/8/2009 2:25:08 AM | Practicality out the window Blown motors look good , more sex appeal and there are a couple of nice blown street registered machines out there , oh yeah
Turbo's go but make that whish type noise that I don't get off on . | |
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