Supercharge Or Turbo?

Difference starts at about 3200-3600rpms. A turbo will be at its full boost setting creating a ton more torque then a centrifugal supercharger that still isn't half way to making its full boost setting. That's right, superchargers don't reach full boost till your shifting. Where as a turbo reaches it before peak torque. Also a blower tends to eat 18-30% power loss or engine drag on the crank to turn it. That is just another reason why turbos always make more power at the same boost levels.

I so disagree with that. And I have a knife in a gun fight in this section.


Heres a flip side for ya.

Being a turbo needs exhaust to spin the whole system to create pressure, how much HP are you loosing to drive the turbo and create pressure.

The exhaust must be slowed down since the turbo is creating pressure and will need more pressure to drive it. Bottleing up the exhaust inorder to drive the turbo can't be good for HP. So I wonder what kind of losses are there?