supercharge or turbocharge?

by **Charleslyman** » July 21st, 2006, 9:07 pm

just wondering what everyone thinks. The pros and cons of both and where to get them. Thanks!

by **double-6s** » July 21st, 2006, 9:42 pm

by **Charleslyman** » July 22nd, 2006, 12:59 am

1992 black corrado SLC VR6

by **CorradoDriver** » July 22nd, 2006, 8:27 am

Me too i hqve a 92 Dark Purple SLC VR6, whats the difference between turbo and super chargers??

by **zacon** » July 22nd, 2006, 10:39 am

A supercharger/compressor is powered by the drivebelt while a turbocharger is powered by the exhaust pressure.

I think superchargers are nice since since they give a more continuous boost, but turbos are somehow more fun

by **CorradoDriver** » July 25th, 2006, 8:12 am

Can you have both in your car?? if so must be some crazy ass boost

by **double-6s** » July 25th, 2006, 8:24 am

Yep you can have both. You can have whatever fits under your bonnet/in your wallet

by **CorradoDriver** » July 25th, 2006, 8:41 am

would that be safe and how would that work, you would continuous boost from the super and the turbo giving you that extra boost after that, how much BHP would that give you??

by **vr6storm** » July 25th, 2006, 9:35 am

VW have just released a supercharged/turbocharged Golf over here btw.........tho its only a 1.4L engine it produces 170bhp,the supercharger gives it boost till about 3k revs and then the turbo takes over.............back in the 80's Lancia had the supercharger/turbocharger combo in their ill-fated Gruppe B S4 rally car,it was producing silly power tho

by **DaveVR6** » July 25th, 2006, 9:44 am

Theyre also doin a 2ltr TS for the Mk6 Golf

by **kevhaywire** » July 25th, 2006, 10:18 am

They don't need to because the current 2.0 Turbo is good enough imo! Uber bottom end and zero lag.

by **Bohall** » July 25th, 2006, 10:31 am

vr6storm wrote: back in the 80's Lancia had the supercharger/turbocharger combo in their ill-fated Gruppe B S4 rally car,it was producing silly power tho

That was some car, 500 odd bhp i think. I have a video of it somewhere doing an austrian hillclimb.

by **BigTartanJudge** » July 25th, 2006, 1:37 pm

And here it is ;-)

http://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b177/ ... Sieger.flv

by **Bohall** » July 25th, 2006, 4:46 pm

The very one! The sound off it is amazing. A car that whistles, bangs, farts squats and goes all at the same time!

by **zacon** » July 25th, 2006, 9:45 pm

I'd think it would be a problem to have both the supercharger and turbo running at the same time though, you'd need some kind of separation based on engine speed to fit both in a Corrado with a VR6 engine. It's wouldn't be that easy.

These set-ups are made so that you would get a more continuous power from the engine over a longer rpm range.

If I wanted to boost my engine, well rather if I could afford it, I'd get a turbo, but for reasons unknown to me, it's more common to supercharge the VR6. I've seen both though.

supercharge or turbocharge?

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