Blower Contest!
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Blower Contest!
Two identical cars, including engines, tires, gears, drivers, etc., but one has a maggie and the other a procharger with the same peak RWHP numbers. Which one is quicker in the 1/4? I would put my money on the procharger with the maggie pulling the procharger through the 1/8, but losing the race. Low end power versus top end power? What do you think?
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Originally Posted by Emuffinman1
Two identical cars, including engines, tires, gears, drivers, etc., but one has a maggie and the other a procharger with the same peak RWHP numbers. Which one is quicker in the 1/4? I would put my money on the procharger with the maggie pulling the procharger through the 1/8, but losing the race. Low end power versus top end power? What do you think?
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Originally Posted by Emuffinman1
Two identical cars, including engines, tires, gears, drivers, etc., but one has a maggie and the other a procharger with the same peak RWHP numbers. Which one is quicker in the 1/4? I would put my money on the procharger with the maggie pulling the procharger through the 1/8, but losing the race. Low end power versus top end power? What do you think?
NO BRAINER, the ATI cent. supercharger wins hands down vs. the maggie in the real world and in the real world the cent. supercharger makes CONSIDERABLE more top end power vs the maggie (all other variables being equal) and that extra power up top would pull the maggie car down the 1320 and beat it but good.
I guess with your hypothetical if both cars had the same amount of peak rwhp number the maggie would most likely win (assuming both cars dead hook) and the prochardger was only making 4 or 5 lbs of boost and maggie was making 8lbs of boost. The procharger at the same boost levels (say 8lbs) would be making considerably more top end power than the maggie!! Under your hypothetical the maggie would have to be making about 8 lbs of boost and the procharger only 6lbs or so. Time has proven the C5s with cent. superchargers are far superior to maggies down the 1320 and stop light to stop light with the instant (big block like) torque of the maggie, the maggie is tuff to beat for a street car.
Last edited by Mopar Jimmy; Nov 20, 2006 at 11:09 PM.
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Originally Posted by Emuffinman1
Two identical cars, including engines, tires, gears, drivers, etc., but one has a maggie and the other a procharger with the same peak RWHP numbers. Which one is quicker in the 1/4? I would put my money on the procharger with the maggie pulling the procharger through the 1/8, but losing the race. Low end power versus top end power? What do you think?
The real issue, as stated above, is that the centris allow more peak rwhp at the same boost levels, so you'd usually not find two cars with the same level of peak power. A maggie car with 8lbs of boost will make significantly less power at redline than a centri car at 8 lbs of boost...the magnacharger suffers from high parasitic loses, but will have a stronger low-end.
I don't drag race so my needs are different than most, but I do autox and roadcourse HPDEs...and the maggie is brilliant on a roadcourse or autox. The low end power and ZERO-LAG allow me to have a usefull powerband of between 2500rpm to 6500rpm...although I rarely spin it over 6Krpm, I just don't have to...
Really depends on what you want to do...
Be good,
Tom
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I thought someone was giving away a blower. 
I thought a couple of guys were going to lend out their girlfriends for a little test!
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