Turbos Vs Superchargers

[Steve]

Turbos Vs Superchargers, in your opinion which is better? and why?

[BigAl]

I would say Superchargers but Turbos are normally cheaper. :D

[prestige interiors]

One of my jags was supercharged and compared to my turbo diesel van there is no comparasim lol

[Snypa-D]

Super charger please :) and cos super chargers are direct mechanical and turbo's aint (I think,lol) :)

[Langdonfairchild]

Hi Steve.I will try to explain... Superchargers pumps cold air for outside the vehicle and mixes with the fule before being forced into the cylinders.This way the colder the air the less the fule can expand, so more fule can be allowed in cylinders causing a bigger explosion and more bhp :)PLUS NO LAG....A turbo uses the hot exhaust gases and expands the fule before reaching the cylinders and keeps expanding in the cylinders.So you are limited to how much fule is aloud in the cylinders.So the colder the air the more fule can be forced in and more bhp :) .Thats why drag cars dont run turbos because of less bhp and that wounderful thing called turbo lag...Waiting for the turbo to spin up fast enough..And super charger costs around five thousand to be bolted on you engine and up which is the down side.So the colder the mixture the more fule can be forced in and more bhp.Now if you want serious power then nos is the way to go.But thats a different story all together and reliability is lost and big upgrades to the engine are need to be done. :mellow:.Well i've tryed my best to explain the best way i can and hope it helps.Im sure someone will come along and correct me somewhere.Cheers Symon.

[Steve]

Hey Symon

Cheers for that!

I love the sound of superchargers as well :)