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Offline Adamdubz

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Turbo or supercharger
« on: 29 December 2010, 02:56 »
ok so whats better a turbo or supercharger for performance ,fuel friendliness and sound  ???? :) 

Offline LowlifeDubber

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Re: Turbo or supercharger
« Reply #1 on: 29 December 2010, 07:48 »
Ive been debating this myself,im currently collecting bits to charge or turbo a vr6 engine,ive got the pistons and rods and a head to get polished and ported.
Im definatley going to either turbo it or supercharge it.
At 1st i was going for a turbo as im clued up on them,but since ive had a guy round picking some bits up he mentioned supercharging it.
He made it sound viable but im not as clued up on them and worry about reliability with the charger itself.
I couldnt give 2 monkeys about economy mind as you dont build a quick car for mpg.
It would be interesting to see what other peoples thoughts are.

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Re: Turbo or supercharger
« Reply #2 on: 29 December 2010, 08:34 »
Superchargers for me. Just plainly because its belt driver and smaller pulleys make it spin faster. Easy to work with. Don't get me wrong turbos are sh!thot but abit more needed. Either way a standalone management to run fuelling. Out of intrest what engine did you want to turbo or charge.
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Offline The Mighty Elvi

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Re: Turbo or supercharger
« Reply #3 on: 29 December 2010, 11:18 »
Superchargers.

Offline emery1990

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Re: Turbo or supercharger
« Reply #4 on: 29 December 2010, 11:25 »
Id prefer a supercharger, Turbos if small run out of puff too early and just feels like a strong surge mid range. Gay.

Offline Peej1981

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Re: Turbo or supercharger
« Reply #5 on: 29 December 2010, 11:28 »
mmm think you already know my view on this one Adam.  :grin:

The thing you really have to think about is that supercharges need recons (standard) every 30k but if they have had smaller pullys and chip then you will be looking at recon every 15-20k, costs vary too and can be very expensive to have them done. Turbo's will last longer is the engine is well looked after.

Like i said to you before adam, i have had a few cars with turbo's and they are amazing but this is my first car with a supercharger and love the sound of this so i am going to sit on the fence on this one and watch what the experts say  :grin:

Having said that my bro use to have a mx5 which he supercharged and that was stupidly quick and with the roof down you couldnt hear yourself think but that sound was out of this world. :grin:


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Offline Adamdubz

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Re: Turbo or supercharger
« Reply #6 on: 29 December 2010, 11:39 »
so much to read so early ah  :shocked:

supercharges do sound good

and i was thinking a 2.0 turbo but a supercharger is sounding good imo

you should get a vid up of your car kai so we can hear it. well i want to hear it  :grin:



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Re: Turbo or supercharger
« Reply #7 on: 29 December 2010, 11:44 »
friend has a mk2 vr6 z-engineering charger.
it has no headunit and doesnt need one.
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Offline Adamdubz

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Re: Turbo or supercharger
« Reply #8 on: 29 December 2010, 11:51 »
how hard is it to put a vr6 in a mk2 ??

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Re: Turbo or supercharger
« Reply #9 on: 29 December 2010, 11:52 »
as far as i know. with superchargers you get instant power, with turbo you will have to wait until it has spooled up and then the boost comes along. correct me if im wrong
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