TurboTommy

To the OP;
like others here have said, it would be insane to change everything. You've got a turbo plumbed engine. Work with that and challenge yourself to make it into your desired outcome. That's another beauty with turboed engines: you have a fairly wide range of achievable powerband characteristics.

CyCloNe!

I just like tinkering thats all, its not about gains for the most part more about having fun with the car and seeing what fits me best. Honestly most people who get in my car say its fast enough, guess since I'm driving the stomach doesn't drop as much as the passenger. I've never owned a supercharged car so I was curious about how it would compare.

Dubai944

Your curiosity will cost you more with the supercharger than with the turbo

V2Rocket

+1 for 'both'

admiralkhole

Ever consider a twin-screw? If I were to go super, that's the only route I'd consider.

Dubai944

Well its airflow thats important not boost pressure. A belt driven supercharger pumps whatever its sized for. Decreasing restriction in the system just allows air to flow more easily. Boost on the gauge will drop but more airflow means more power. Anything that improves flow is good including bigger cams if they are matched to the rest of the engine. My engine is currently making 362 whp on a dynodynamics dyno with only 9 pounds of manifold boost, but obviously there is plenty of airflow.

odurandina

one method makes tons power, but does it while maintainging good fuel economy. works almost like having nitrous oxide full time. turns a 2.5 litre into a super-fun driving machine.... turns a 3.0 P-car engine into the stuff of legend.

the other method overheats your engine, burns 3 times as much gas and adds 11.3 % more power.

that is - until it goes BOOM!!, disintegrates and destroys your engine (which is usually, about a week or two after install).

Dubai944

^^ Certainly a lot of hard facts and science in that assessment. But I still don't know which method is which?

Black51

Why would the engine go boom?

Call me crazy, but usually the reason the engine goes boom is because something wasn't done right; be it the build, tune, boost, ect. We've all heard of horror stories from big horsepower 3.0Ls, all the way down to stock 2.5L daily drivers.

Supercharging is just as risky, so is an N/A build if it's done wrong. I could find you dozens of LSx builds gone awry, but I'm sure you've heard of some already.

It all comes down to things being done right or not.

Dubai944

This from another thread, now it all makes sense.....

odurandina

true that....

BOOMMMM !!! = when the supercharger grenades.

V2Rocket

The misfortunes of the 968 world do not apply to roots blowers, running for many hundreds of thousands of miles on ford/gm products...

blown 944

Id just ignore O's posts. He really doesn't know anything about supercharged, but has a hard on for them.

What I think is really funny, is that if I were to bet on what would break last between a turbo,engine or supercharger, my $$ would be on the supercharger. The roots and screw types are pretty bullet proof.

odurandina

well, i know that Ford design is solid. i've also driven it. my gf Lisa at UCSD got a brand new '89 for high school graduation... and to be honest, at the time, the T-bird was almost as fast as my Buick Regal with the sbc... with the exception of a few exotics, it was also probably the coolest sounding engine of that day. i got to drive it a lot for a couple of years. btw, Lisa also knew Ferrari's. her dad had a red 328, and one time i got to drive it at Upland Hills CC at a wine tasting party.

333pg333

lol...Od you really are quite random aren't you. You're like the court jester at Edward De Bono's Christmas party.

btw...You probably had enough oil in your motor when it blew...just the wrong brand and viscosity...