the previous owner of my 2000 ls used to have a 40 shot of NOS in the car and i was just wondering if nitrous in general hurts the car in any way or stuff like if u use it too much it will damage things or it wont hurt it if you use or very little. the guy also said turbos run all the time and they are a lot of work and hassle, but superchargers are easier to deal with cuz they run off of pulleys. i was just wondering about this stuff as i was thinking about getting a turbo. my friend told me that turbos usually kick in around 3000 rpm, while superchargers run all the time and that cuz they run all the time, they are harder on the engine. thanks a bunch if you can answer my questions also if you can tell me the correct workings of turbos, superchargers, and nitrous. thanks a bunch all

 

search is your best friend btw.
turbo owns superchargers.

 

bumppp

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ckehl13 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the previous owner of my 2000 ls used to have a 40 shot of NOS in the car and i was just wondering if nitrous in general hurts the car in any way or stuff like if u use it too much it will damage things or it wont hurt it if you use or very little.

the guy also said turbos run all the time and they are a lot of work and hassle, but superchargers are easier to deal with cuz they run off of pulleys. i was just wondering about this stuff as i was thinking about getting a turbo.

my friend told me that turbos usually kick in around 3000 rpm, while superchargers run all the time and that cuz they run all the time, they are harder on the engine.

thanks a bunch if you can answer my questions also if you can tell me the correct workings of turbos, superchargers, and nitrous. thanks a bunch all </TD></TR></TABLE>

My first recommendation would be break your questions into paragraphs, it is easier to read. Also many of your questions can be answered by going to https://honda-tech.com/zerosearch and looking up 'turbo' 'supercharger' 'nitrous' and many other key words, as well as browsing around the forced induction section.

I don't know how hard each item would be on the engine, but it would be proportional to the amount of care put to using each. I don't know anything about nitrous and haven't used/researched it myself, so I won't try and answer for it. I know for turbo and supercharger though as long as you take the time to do it right the first time, engine wear will be relatively close to normal.

Unfortunately I don't know how a supercharger works either, but I know that many people here on h-t aren't happy with them. They produce much less power than a turbo setup. Their advantage is a better torque curve, and you get the power right away. I would recommend going turbo if you were going to choose forced induction.

As for a turbo kicking in at 3000 rpm's, this depends entirely off of your engine setup. The turbo spools from the exhaust gases, spinning to collect air on the other side to force into the engine. It is making the exhaust more efficient. If you get a giant turbo, it will not begin to spool until later because there isn't enough exhaust gases at 3000 rpms or less to spin it. The opposite is true as well. Just for starters, I would go to http://www.howstuffworks.com and look up how turbochargers work... they explain it the best.

Since you don't have too many posts I will assume your new to the site, and I would recommend reading the forum rules and regulations before you make people mad. Sadly enough most of the information I've attempted to provide to you could have easily been found in a search...

 

turbo &gt; supercharger &gt; nos....

and yes nos can hurt your engine, use enough of it and you can mess up anything from pistons to valves to rods, usually starts with a head gasket tho

 

supercharger at its best = 0 - 3800 rpm
turbo at its best = 3800 - redline

 

heh strap both of them to your engine and youll be godly

 

my advice- read as muh as you can on here- this site is amazingly packed with information and real life accounts of every mod imaginable. before purchasing anything, make sure you know the part, and pros and cons of the part 100%. read read read read read. being able to diagnose your own problems and make your own decisions will give u a tremendous amount of confidence when dealing with modding a car.

a few tidbits of information to help on your quest for power:

1) TUNING IS ABSOLUTELY KEY to reliability and performance on any setup.
2) TURBO owns all.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tegsallgood &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> TUNING IS ABSOLUTELY KEY to reliability and performance on any setup.</TD></TR></TABLE>
I couldn't have said it better myself.