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number1alero · 12-21-2006, 10:58 AM

if you wanna get real technical on the turbo vs. supercharger, it all has to do with the engine and its exhaust/intake setup....whether its an inline 4, inline 6, a V6, a V8, V10, V12, etc....a dodge viper will benefit just as much from the supercharger as the turbos, because of the v10 configuration. it would require twin turbos, which may end up giving more power, but are also gonna be WAY more costly than what you could get out of the right supercharger to match up to it. and before you lay claim to the higher horsepower vipers being turbocharged, i believe the fastest recorded time by a street viper was laid down by one that was running a S/C right around 7 secs

turbos also depend on the HP range, your lower HP level turbos may not have much lag, but your 800-above have serious lag, otherwise you wouldnt see most supras, etc racing from a rolling 80mph instead of a stand still....

its a trade off...turbo can be tuned for a little more power but at the expense of not having the power throughout the entire RPM range, or the supercharger, which has a little less power and tunability, but will give you power through most of the entire RPM range

12-21-2006, 10:58 AM	#30
number1alero GL Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 932	if you wanna get real technical on the turbo vs. supercharger, it all has to do with the engine and its exhaust/intake setup....whether its an inline 4, inline 6, a V6, a V8, V10, V12, etc....a dodge viper will benefit just as much from the supercharger as the turbos, because of the v10 configuration. it would require twin turbos, which may end up giving more power, but are also gonna be WAY more costly than what you could get out of the right supercharger to match up to it. and before you lay claim to the higher horsepower vipers being turbocharged, i believe the fastest recorded time by a street viper was laid down by one that was running a S/C right around 7 secs turbos also depend on the HP range, your lower HP level turbos may not have much lag, but your 800-above have serious lag, otherwise you wouldnt see most supras, etc racing from a rolling 80mph instead of a stand still.... its a trade off...turbo can be tuned for a little more power but at the expense of not having the power throughout the entire RPM range, or the supercharger, which has a little less power and tunability, but will give you power through most of the entire RPM range Last edited by number1alero : 12-21-2006 at 11:01 AM.