turbo charger or supercharger??
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turbo charger or supercharger??
yah i was on www.atkinsrotary.com and they had a link to a site that sold super charges i forgot the name but they had one that gave the stock engine 170 somehtign extra horses and with better injecters it was supposed to add alil more. and i was wonderign how many horses a turbo would give you from stock?
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If you're talking about turboing from a stock turbo to an NA block, the turbo will put out about the same because you're going to need to limit your boost to ~8psi, the same as the FI supercharger camdem offers.
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in the end a turbocharger will always produce the most power at a given boost level due to it not causing ne loss in the system. a supercharger however gives a smoother, constant boost whereas a turbo has to build up pressure to get to it's max boost.
some friend of mine told me a supercharger is always in it's max boost, but I don't believe that. someone wanna confirm?
some friend of mine told me a supercharger is always in it's max boost, but I don't believe that. someone wanna confirm?
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Originally Posted by locketine
in the end a turbocharger will always produce the most power at a given boost level due to it not causing ne loss in the system. a supercharger however gives a smoother, constant boost whereas a turbo has to build up pressure to get to it's max boost.
some friend of mine told me a supercharger is always in it's max boost, but I don't believe that. someone wanna confirm?
some friend of mine told me a supercharger is always in it's max boost, but I don't believe that. someone wanna confirm?
Then i'm curious why a turbocharger isn't used on a huge *** bigblock chevy motor as compared to the big lysholm screw type superchargers on really beefy cars. the lysholm chargers can be pretty damn big so compared to a lot of turbos that don't flow as much air you 1st statement i woudl think isn't entirely true. (i think)
and no superchargers boost also goes up too. the faster the pulley's go the faster the internals of a supercharger work. in essence it does "spool" too. but i dunno i'm too tired to think straight
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Turbolag is the reason it isn't on a huge truck motor, you need the power to tow something right off the batt.
Something to think about though is that the world's fastest car on drag radials is a turbocharged Mustang.
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The bottom line - in general:
Turbo -
1) somewhat less expensive
2) more power potential (with a big intercooler)
3) torque comes in later
Supercharger -
1) a little more expensive
2) less peak power
3) more low end torque (the fun to drive factor)
Turbo -
1) somewhat less expensive
2) more power potential (with a big intercooler)
3) torque comes in later
Supercharger -
1) a little more expensive
2) less peak power
3) more low end torque (the fun to drive factor)
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yes turbos i think are cooler because of blow off valve (i love the sound it makes) but theres the low rpm where theres a starv for power where as the super charger gives you that power and while the turbo guy is still trying to get his turbo gong ur already past him changing gears. or spinning some seriouse tire. plus i think the ware on the engine is a factor too right?? super charged has the same amount of boost all the time causing the engine to always run liek that. turbo the boost varies at rpm making the engine work harder soemtime and not as hard at others. maybe i dont know what im talking about but i think it made sence:P
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PICS OF SUPERCHARGER , BAD *** BLOWER, LOVE THIS !!!!!!!!ITS GETTING DYNO THIS WEEK HOPEFULLY, WAITING FOR MY MECHANIC TO GET BACK FROM SEMA SHOW , IN VEGAS. AND NO THIS THREAD IS NOT DEAD, LOL
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rxfromcali, has your belt been slipping? how tight did you make it when you set it up and did you set you idle pulley on the inner or the outer setting? i am getting some belt slip up top and my boost is really falling off. what do you think?>