Yes they are. I had a RX-7 R1 and my buddy had a R2. He swapped his twins to a big ass single turbo. Car made 661 rwhp and was a beast. I was so excited when he said lets switch for a couple hours. I didnt realize he was getting the better end of the deal.
Car smelled like gas, backfired when shifted above 7 grand and didnt spool till almost 5500 RPM
It sucked on the street, woulda been great on the track though.
Now I am not big on centri blowers so IDK just how big they get but when I drove a 99GT with a Novi 2000 on it, it was very nice to drive. Boost came on just befor 3K and wasnt violently there like the turbo car.
My buddies single turbo Supra making 819 rwhp was a bitch on the street too. Accelerated pretty decient and then BAM tripple the HP and just all over the place. No wonder those guys only wana race from a roll
I know the decision has already been made, but I still would choose going turbo... but only from the get-go.
I wouldn't ditch a working S-trim kit just to start over with a turbo, unless I had that kind of disposable income.
From the start, I would go turbo though. I have been around both types, and that is just what I prefere.
Nothing like the spool of a turbo, feeling the boost come on, and the efficiency of a turbo kit.
Not in any way bashing superchargers. Each has their perks and downfalls. But if I ever were fortunate enough to go turbo on my car, it would be for the real deal, no to just say "I has a turbo!!"
I wouldn't ditch a working S-trim kit just to start over with a turbo, unless I had that kind of disposable income.
From the start, I would go turbo though. I have been around both types, and that is just what I prefere.
Nothing like the spool of a turbo, feeling the boost come on, and the efficiency of a turbo kit.
Not in any way bashing superchargers. Each has their perks and downfalls. But if I ever were fortunate enough to go turbo on my car, it would be for the real deal, no to just say "I has a turbo!!"
If money were not an issue I would love a small twin turbo setup. Quick spool up and allot of CFM
YouTube - Blower whine
Parasitic loss, belt shredding, every other belt issue imaginable, it puts more stress on the tensioner, etc.
I've had three centrifugal 2v's. They're old technology nowadays alongside OHV engines.
most likely a 5.4 w/ a 2.6 kb on it...only problem is with the lightning motor there is no hood that can fit....so that's something i'm going to be thinking about here in the next month...as soon as i sell my blower i'm going to be piecing together a bottom end and likewise...i'm going to go with a built 4r70w with a PI stall of some kind...any recommendations would be awesome....i want this to be something different even if i have the blower sticking outta the hood lol....i've heard that it takes a 9 in cowl hood to fit a 5.4 sohc lightning motor with the blower.....so for now it's to the drawing boards...i'll figure something out soon but i'm almost 100% sure i'm keeping the car
You must have had bad luck or I've had great luck. I haven't had a single problem with my car and have only replaced the belt once and that was because of a smaller pulley.
The only thing I've had to do was replace the oil drain line do to it leaking which took a whole 15mins. That was after 4 years and 20,000 miles with the blower.
KB for the win