Now, there is an open can of worms... Basically, the supercharger requires a lot less thinking on a day to day basis... it dosen't get everything all hot and doesn't require the car to be fully warmed up before giving the car a little foot! The problem is that a supercharger does not give you "free" horsepower. Basically just like anything run off your engine by a belt, the supercharger will rob your engine of horsepower... so it's not as effecient as a turbo. People who are into performance only with no thought to day to day problems will always say the turbo is best... people who are into performance and low maintenence will usually say supercharge. Since this is the A2-16v list and we cannot have the new tech turbo systems that actually are a great deal easier to deal with, I would suggest going with a supercharger when you are done going to U of Washington and have that wallet filled up a little more. Later, Clayton
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 19:53:47 -0800 (PST) From: "T. Reed" <> Subject: Hi everyone, I know this may not apply only to 16v's, but not much lately on the list seems to, and it's a valid question. I have a basic understanding of how superchargers and turbos work, and from my understanding superchargers create boost from idle, whereas turbos have a bit of lag before they kick in their power. So why use a turbo if the supercharger is a better performance option? Possibly because you can run more boost? But there's so much extra hot gas running around in the engine bay that there must be a big enough difference to make people do this other than the cost.. If someone would let me know that would be cool. I have been intending the VR6 swap (once I can afford it, and other car to drive in the process), and I was reading Euro car this month, and Momentum motorsports seems to think (or maybe they built it - not sure) that a 1.8T will build 330hp with the right mods, and a VR6 with a supercharger will get about 265 max. How does this work? Thanks, - --Tyson 88 16v GTi & empty wallet _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
