Hi, Guest
10-19-2006, 12:08 PM
Im going to throw my hat into the ring here and perhaps add my 2 cents
Turbo's are a great system and hey , you gotta love the psshhh , however, when i have 3700 bucks jingling in my pocket , im going to go supercharged. For that kinda money and for what you are getting you would have to be a fool not too. The kit comes with everything , intercooler (air to water , which is far better than an air to air system commonly used in turbo appications because people want to keep costs down) and more importantly, IT COMES ALREADY TUNED. Considering this kit was developed ( I believe , correct me if im wrong here mitch) when powerworks was still a division of Cosworth racing, having my car with a ford engine run a cosworth tune right out of the box is a pretty damn good idea to me.
For 3700 bucks ? its a no brainer.
And flo, you keep saying "it feels faster" well , if your buddy in his supercharged car went by you on the top end , obviously "feeling faster" is not faster when it comes down to it all. Your interpretation of "feeling faster" is the kick in the pants you get when your turbo finally spools, which brings me to my next point about superchargers and why they are better.... Power right from the bottom end and linear power at that. Every turbo has lag. Superchargers dont. Plain and simple. I like knowing im making power immediatly and in a smooth line with no peaks, meaning my engine is more useable in every day application and plus it makes driving the car safer, yeah safer , we all know what the common problem with early turbo charged Porsche cars were (1978 specifically) , due to their turbo lag and spooling issues power was unpredictable and yeah people died cause they werent careful of where in the power band they were and suddenly the turbo kicked in and off the road and into the trees they went. Linear power, power that comes on smoothly is the way to go , it might not "feel" as fast , but then again if i drove my car around based on what i thought felt fast i would get a different result that would be slower than what actually is fast. I can take corners and get all 4 wheels loose, or pickup rear wheels all day , but its not as fast as a corner taken properly. Its all about the end result. A fast properly taken corner doenst feel as fast as a poorly taken corner that is actually slower in the end.
And yeah superchargers are parasitic, but so what, so is everything else in your engine bay , alternator, ac , all that stuff, and a little bit of parasitic loss is something im willing to give up for the advantages that a supercharger affords. Lighten the car by 100 lbs and you have that beat. Remember turbos have their own disadvantages too.
However , i still love turbos and gotta love that BOV :P but for this car its supercharger all the way.
Turbo's are a great system and hey , you gotta love the psshhh , however, when i have 3700 bucks jingling in my pocket , im going to go supercharged. For that kinda money and for what you are getting you would have to be a fool not too. The kit comes with everything , intercooler (air to water , which is far better than an air to air system commonly used in turbo appications because people want to keep costs down) and more importantly, IT COMES ALREADY TUNED. Considering this kit was developed ( I believe , correct me if im wrong here mitch) when powerworks was still a division of Cosworth racing, having my car with a ford engine run a cosworth tune right out of the box is a pretty damn good idea to me.
For 3700 bucks ? its a no brainer.
And flo, you keep saying "it feels faster" well , if your buddy in his supercharged car went by you on the top end , obviously "feeling faster" is not faster when it comes down to it all. Your interpretation of "feeling faster" is the kick in the pants you get when your turbo finally spools, which brings me to my next point about superchargers and why they are better.... Power right from the bottom end and linear power at that. Every turbo has lag. Superchargers dont. Plain and simple. I like knowing im making power immediatly and in a smooth line with no peaks, meaning my engine is more useable in every day application and plus it makes driving the car safer, yeah safer , we all know what the common problem with early turbo charged Porsche cars were (1978 specifically) , due to their turbo lag and spooling issues power was unpredictable and yeah people died cause they werent careful of where in the power band they were and suddenly the turbo kicked in and off the road and into the trees they went. Linear power, power that comes on smoothly is the way to go , it might not "feel" as fast , but then again if i drove my car around based on what i thought felt fast i would get a different result that would be slower than what actually is fast. I can take corners and get all 4 wheels loose, or pickup rear wheels all day , but its not as fast as a corner taken properly. Its all about the end result. A fast properly taken corner doenst feel as fast as a poorly taken corner that is actually slower in the end.
And yeah superchargers are parasitic, but so what, so is everything else in your engine bay , alternator, ac , all that stuff, and a little bit of parasitic loss is something im willing to give up for the advantages that a supercharger affords. Lighten the car by 100 lbs and you have that beat. Remember turbos have their own disadvantages too.
However , i still love turbos and gotta love that BOV :P but for this car its supercharger all the way.