I know this question has been ask alot of times but, it is almost time for MOD season on my vette and i want 2 know which way i should go Turbo Or Sc
Stock 88.

I was reading the procharge website and it said that the D-1 could pull 32PSI does this mean i can hook it up at 15PSI oF boost and get alot of power with no lag?

I leading 2wards the sc cuz i love them they r very :cool:.

I also have any idea for a PROJECT car, R_33 Skyline (possably GTR) with 406 SB TT :smash: :smash: , show those *** boys wat they r missing hehehe :jester

 

 

The Turbo is way to much custom work. You'll be better off spending your cash on a supercharger kit. IMHO

 

Turbos are great but from what i have read it seem like a lot of work and you have to contain the heat and then you have to think about a intercooler to handle that heat?

But SC IMHO is nice because i still have a lot of torque and hp it makes is really nice and just like turbo's running around town in cruise mode you are running jsut the engine :D

So SC seems to be the hot thing now but i am sure when some one fabs up a kit that is a easy install for a turbo that will be the hot thing!

Also when you go procharger if you do even the instructions suck and an average joe can install it with bad instructions it is that easy! Imagine if the instructions were very clear and understand able! :D

 

for stock engine or mild mods, and fore ease of installations, up to around 700 or so HP, the cent superchargers are hard to beat. the turbos are more expensive and no kit is available for the c4s yet so custom fabrication is needed. but if you really want some big HP and go wild, the twin turbo boogie is hard to beat.

I get 700 hp out of a little v6 buick with a single turbo. over 1k hp is a walk in the park with a fully built twin turbo small block.

go look at the big boys running pro street sometimes. the twin and single turbo cars run 1400 hp and up and have decent reliability.

if you have doubts, that alone will tell you that the supercharger kits are the way to go. :D

 

Actually a ~1000HP centrifugal s/c setup is also relatively a "walk in the park" And you still have room for air conditioning.

 

Whats up,

"I was reading the procharge website and it said that the D-1 could pull 32PSI does this mean i can hook it up at 15PSI oF boost and get alot of power with no lag?"

No, running 15# of boost will require alot of supporting hardware, and a good tune and programing. 32 psi represents the max boost that the blower can make on what ever engine setup they wrere using mathmatically. Just because they say there charger is capable of 32#'s of boost on a stock LT1 dosent mean they have actually done it. Just shows you what it is capable of.
Kinda having a hard time saying what i mean.

Turbos are the ultamit imho, If your into wrenching. Instalation Is alot more difficult and can be a little more tricky to tune. Turbo lag is a thing of the past. A proper turbo setup for the street will have virtually no lag. There will always be some, but thats just the nature of the beast.

Ive heard good thing and bad things about procharger, do some reasearch on other sites and youll see what i mean. Theres no question there systems can make alot of power though.

Go with a sc if your just startingout and not into fabrication. Go with a turbo if you really want somthing exotic and dont mind the extra work.

Hope this helps a little,

:cheers:

 

Looking at the blower maps would show more accurate data. I agree that just stating psi doesn't mean anything. It's a combination of things. However, if the D-1 doesn't impress, you might want to check out the race blowers like F1,2, or 3 !!! :eek:

The same can be said no matter what setup you run, turbo, nitrous, N/A, whatever, your biggest investment will be the block, drivetrain, and injection system.

It doesn't matter. Dollar for HP s/c is the cheapest way to go. You can make ~1000HP on a centrifugal setup cheaper than a ~1000HP turbo setup. So what does it matter if there is no parasitic loss with turbo's which is always everyone's argument for turbos.

save work, if you want to save money, time, and air conditioning go s/c.

 

That all depends on you needs, skills, and or wallet. Superchargers are nice, easier cookie cutter ways of making great peak power, and it can be done in a weekend. Turbo systems are quite a bit more complex, but can be comparable in price if you build it yourself. That in itself has many many options, from mild to wild. Turbo systems are however, when properly built far more powerful. Remember when you look at a power curve, it's not just peak numbers that win races, it's respective area under the curve. Modern turbo's build whatever psi you tell them too from the time they reach boost threshold, until redline. It's load based , not rpm so you end up with ALOT more midrange power and torque then you would with a centrifugal (boost in this style compressor is a function of the square of rpm) because the centrifugal must be pullied for max boost at redline, it leaves soggy cornflakes for boost below that. (example: if you have 9psi at 6000rpm, you only have 3 at 3000) I just spent 6 mos and all A college student can afford on building this thing. http://www.my-wrx.com/wrx/pics/turbovette/index.php I have about $4000 into this thing (not including beer)and much to my delight and all the naysayers plight (you shoulda head all the assumptions and crap people were talking) it mays more power than I can put to the ground (clutch killer) this year. Here is a link to the video where the clutch really gave up the ghost.http://www.my-wrx.com/wrx/media/mov...lutch_vette.mpg
and this was at only a fraction of the 40psi this tv-6 (the turbo) can make.

 

the big race blowers can flow enough air for some outrageous hp levels if you are willing to flow enough fuel and tune with some BIG injectors.

these engines are way cool, 1000 hp is enough turbo or blower!!!

my zr1 has 600 hp and it's kinda enough even at the level of power

anything much over 500 rwhp gets pretty tough to hook up on the street. :party:

 

Turbos are nice, but the plumbing for the air intake, the coolent and oil will drive you nuts.

 

im going for the turbo setup, i will setup a thread soon for it

 

Turbo's kick major ****! But like many have said are alot of work. I spent all summer building my setup.

http://www.my-wrx.com/wrx/pics/turbovette/index.php

 

I'm jealous, I wish I had a turbo setup like that on my car

 

im also doing the turbo thing. i disagree on the cost. it's actually going to come in around at least 1k cheaper than a high boost supercharger set up. however, its very time consuming. im also not gonna lose my a/c either, as someone above mentioned.