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Originally Posted by FR-S Matt
I went with the Kraftwerks C30 kit and its still sitting in my living room ready to be installed. Reason I picked this kit being:
1. Close to 300 whp on 93 octane
Plenty of turbo options that will net you the same, with room to upgrade.
2. Daily driveable
I DD my tubo, ~12k miles including 2 cross-country road trips.
3. Survive the Texas heat and run cooler.
My cross country trips including stops in Texas, beat the piss outta it without issue.
4. Not kill the transmission with hard torque like a turbo does with it's huge rush of boost.
"Rush of boost" .. I'm not sure what you're talking about. It's not like NOS in Fast n Furious. Torque is going to depend a lot on the size of the turbo. A bigger turbo running low boost will produce very simliar numbers to a SC in that it won't make much torque in the low-mid range.
5. Reach a nice balance of power without ruining the car.
SC or Turbo doesn't really matter.. either way you are changing the car. Either one could be considered ruining the car depending on how it's setup and who you ask.
6. Not have to replace the clutch, and injectors (May possibly later since I know the stock injectors will be pushed at high rpm. It's a must for E85 though.)
Same could be done with turbo, has nothing to do with SC vs turbo..
My buddy has a Stage 2 P&L turbo kit with rocket bunny v2 and he can't even keep it on the road with 500 rwhp. It's awesome for bragging rights and dyno numbers, but it's dangerous to drive. Not to mention heat is killing him here. I can barely walk by his engine without feeling the fire coming from the turbo when he pops the hood.
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Nothing against superchargers, they certainly have advantages, but spreading so many myths about turbos doesn't help anyone..