Having troubles deciding Turbo or SC

[GsxrMe]

Nothing cheap going over 300hp regardless of sc or turbo. All supporting mods, FI kit and right tune and setup your cost of parts without labor WILL be 10k+.

Take a corner somewhere and it'll cost you an engine.

[VABeachBRZ]

I think CSG Mike and myself figured out everything I need/want. Big things coming soon

[Bfranklyn86]

Originally Posted by Icecreamtruk

Hmm no I dont think so. At more than double the power level of the stock engine, it will fail, for sure, its a matter of how long will it last (a few weeks, a few months, maybe a couple of years?). Sub 300 is safe territory, many people have been tracking the car at that power level without issues for years now. Above 300, almost everyone has had some kind of issue and it requires a lot of supporting mods to make it stable.

TL;DR dont fool yourself into thining 375-400 isnt a lot of power compared to stock, because it is.

Are you talking 300 wheel or fly horsepower?

I'm quite interested in this because if I can safely take it up to around 270 wheel hp by doing the exhaust then I probably would. It should have about 250whp when the harrop goes on, everything else stock.

[Icecreamtruk]

Originally Posted by Bfranklyn86

Are you talking 300 wheel or fly horsepower?

I'm quite interested in this because if I can safely take it up to around 270 wheel hp by doing the exhaust then I probably would. It should have about 250whp when the harrop goes on, everything else stock.

Wheel. SC or turbo below is "safe", as in, it wont blow up when you dyno it. Anything after it really is like playing the lottery, some win, but most end up broke.

[CSG Mike]

Originally Posted by blindfold

is there an upper limit to JRSC kit's intercooler? On the HKS SC kit, the supplied intercooler is pretty small, so going higher than .6bar on the system with smaller pulley poses quite few obstacles with heat management. So far E85 is not a problem on HKS but on pure gasoline, not sure how well the results could be.

I believe superchargers on our platform creates a more balanced car over turbo-ed version, purely my opinion.

Yes, but nobody's really explored that territory. We know with a 100mm pulley on a C38, the intercooler is still not a significant restriction. Everyone I know of using a smaller pulley is using a custom intercooler setup.

[CSG Mike]

Originally Posted by Icecreamtruk

Wheel. SC or turbo below is "safe", as in, it wont blow up when you dyno it. Anything after it really is like playing the lottery, some win, but most end up broke.

I know a LOT of SC + E85 guys that track their cars on stock engines, without issue. The key is a good tune, and making sure you're not overheating.

The nice part with a basic SC, is you can't red mist, and decide to go to your "dyno queen" or "scramble boost" map at the track, and forget to change it back after that one straight when you're trying to chase someone down...

[Calum]

Which supercharger kit offers the best throttle response?