UR turbo or Supercharger?
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From: Marion
UR turbo or Supercharger?
I know it's an age old question, but I'm having a hard time deciding which one would be better for me. I drive my car quite a bit, probably 2000-3000 miles a month, so I need reliability. Feedback would be greatly appreciated.
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From: alpine
if you want reliability no question in my mind, go SC, comptech and vortech have both proven to be reliable over time, turbos require constant tuning which requires constant $$$, if you want a simple bolt on that will transform your S quickly and efficiently go SC. Now the choice is which SC to get.
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turbos dont require constant tuning, but it does require a LOT. you cant just slap on a turbo and expect to drive it any time soon. you'd have to get at least an safc... er... you're are vafc's. anyway, you'd have to spend a lot of time and effort finding the perfect air/fuel mixtures and boost levels and all whatever other stuff that needs to be tuned. a few people over at dsmtuners.com have turboed their non turbos (RS/GS/ESi) and they all say its way too much work for what its worth, and that its a lot cheaper and easier to just buy a stock turbo car and mod that (gst/gsx/tsi). though, thats not really an option for hondas. however, reading around here, superchargers seem to be a lot more plug-and-play friendly, and dont require much work at all to put them on, and still make at least a decent power boost. so i supposes all im saying is if you want rediculous power, you have to go through a rediculous ammount of work for something that may or may not be relyable (turbos on NA motors were never really relyable unless engine internals are replaced) then go for a turbo, but it seems you want something relyable and easy, so slap on a supercharger and call it a day.
