yeah, i'm siding on the jackson kit at the mo.
I used to own a supercharged lancia and it was great having all that bottom end torque and no spool up or down.
>>yeah, depends what you are after.. I prefer the "boosting" feeling myself.
On the turbo side of things what are the power surges like? i dont want to get caught out half way round a corner.
>>nah, it won't suddenly boost without you expecting it. Its very easy to control with your right foot, I spend most of my time when commuting between 3k rpm and 4k rpm using about 7psi and up to 11psi when I need a bit more.
You can tootle round town/cruise without ever going into boost, it'll drive like a naturally aspirated car.
There is no turbo lag if you keep revs up over 3.5krpm with a GReddy. The only time you'll need to wait a sec or two for it to spool is if you are cruising along in 4th or 5th with 0 boost and you floor it as the GReddy is a large enough turbo for a small 1.6 engine. Its not as bad as the old Saabs with their "floor it.. nothing.. nothing.. whoooosh" tho. 5th will feel like 4th currently does and 4th like 3rd etc.
Both kits seem to offer the same power increase but off the line or out of a courner i'd say the supecharger is better.
>>Hmm.. probably.. depends on your use of the gear stick I'd imagine as the supercharger will have more low down torque for a given <3k RPM.
Out of the box, yup, they'd be about the same power wise. But its MUCH easier to upgrade the turbo up to/over 200hp (and you will want more after about 2 months
).
Off the line with "out of the box" kits .. dunno.. must have a look for some dyno plots.
Steve
Posted: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:46 +0000
