Turbo or supercharger

[LowlifeDubber]

Im swaying towards the supercharging idea.Is there any problem with reconditioning them myself?Can you buy the rebuild kits?Im a mechanical engineer and strip stuff like that all the time but i dont know if they have to be balanced?

Do you need standalone management or can you have a vr6 one remapped?

Standalone is better, also you need to drop compression.

Ive already got the pistons and h section rods as i didnt want to use one of them pikey spacers

Will look into sam then.
Hmmm supercharging sounds like fun,the turbo looks like it is a bit of a pig to place and it seems like it will be right up on the bulkhead too.
Im guessing i will have to Quaife the box too?

[Wayne]

Im swaying towards the supercharging idea.Is there any problem with reconditioning them myself?Can you buy the rebuild kits?Im a mechanical engineer and strip stuff like that all the time but i dont know if they have to be balanced?

Do you need standalone management or can you have a vr6 one remapped?

Standalone is better, also you need to drop compression.

Ive already got the pistons and h section rods as i didnt want to use one of them pikey spacers

Will look into sam then.
Hmmm supercharging sounds like fun,the turbo looks like it is a bit of a pig to place and it seems like it will be right up on the bulkhead too.
Im guessing i will have to Quaife the box too?

Nothing wrong with a spacer plate, much better bet than stacking gaskets.

[danny_p]

spacer plate and stacked gaskets are much of a muchness,    both methods loose mean loosing the squish zone round the outside of the piston

[LowlifeDubber]

Well i managed to get some Wossner pistons and H section rods off ebay for a good price a couple of months ago so thought i may aswell do the job properly,as whatever engine i get will be stripped and overhauled anyway.Also when using a spacerplate is there much fannying about with getting the exhaust to fit as the head will be a bit higher?

[Wayne]

Well i managed to get some Wossner pistons and H section rods off ebay for a good price a couple of months ago so thought i may aswell do the job properly,as whatever engine i get will be stripped and overhauled anyway.Also when using a spacerplate is there much fannying about with getting the exhaust to fit as the head will be a bit higher?

Not much to be honest as it is not much higher.

[LowlifeDubber]

Spose id best get on VR6OC and see if there are any chargers for sale then.

[Cunning stunT]

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.

Lol the 1st thought that came into my head was mx5/gay+supercharger/Manly= Sexually confused man!!!

This is a joke by the way and i'll admit i nearly bought an mx5 due to the great handling and rwd but the hairdresser
jokes put me off!!!

[Peej1981]

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.

Lol the 1st thought that came into my head was mx5/gay+supercharger/Manly= Sexually confused man!!!

This is a joke by the way and i'll admit i nearly bought an mx5 due to the great handling and rwd but the hairdresser
jokes put me off!!!

Yeah i know what you mean but they do look like hairdressers cars but handle very well as they are based on the old lotus elan which was awsome handling, my mum still has a mk1 mx5 and bought it new back in 1997 and will never sell it, i have driven it and must say it makes me smile around corners but on a stright i wish i had more power,
Anyway we are getting off the topic, turbo or supercharger?? Getting a little bored now sat on this fence. From what i can gather from this thread they both offer very similiar results and it is all dependent on what noise you like 

[Cunning stunT]

Personally i'd go for the turbo, you can get more power than a supercharger and i like the feeling of the turbo kicking in!!

[Peej1981]

That is true but then again a turbo does have lag and starts to puf out at high revs, whilst a supercharger has power stright away and keeps going? I suppose it is really down to what turbo you are running but personally i prefer the sound of a supercharger