anybody has an SI 06+ supercharged??? if anybody does give some input about it...whats the good and bad????IM planning to buy the jackson supercharger so im doing my research.

 

depends on your horsepower goals. You can get a lot more out of a turbocharged honda engine than you can a supercharged one.

 

You can get a lot more reliability and engine life out of a supercharger.

 

daily driver = SC

 

JRSC sounds good to me. Probably expect around 280-290 WHP with full bolt-ons.

 

A million variables. Depends on the build.

 

completely and totally baseless, untrue, and worthless statement...

 

x2

 

how many times do you hear of a turbo going out? how about a superchager? exactly. the turbo requires more maintenance and more things go wrong over time.

i'd say closer to 250-260 whp. the superchargers haven't been putting out very impressive numbers on the si.

nope, you'd be the very first one.

i'd say the supercharger is a good choice for the si simply because there's no tuning for it. with the hondata reflash for it you simply bolt it on and go. if something like k-pro ever comes up for the si i'd say a custom turbo kit would be a better idea. the engine can handle a lot more power than you'll ever get from a supercharger.

 

actually... once you figure that for every supercharger on the road, there is 10+ turbochargers, then you realize that superchargers go bad often enough (most eaton m90s' from the gm's are knocking hunks of garbage by 80k), I would honestly say that a quality garrett unit would be the same or less troublesome than any supercharger if set up properly.

 

everything from gm is garbage by 80k .

 

I'm not too familiar with forced induction on these cars, but I've heard positive feedback from owners of the Comptech SC. You may want to look into those as well when you finalize your decision on which route to go in terms of forced induction.

[Waits for ajpturbo with a rebuttal]

 

Forget the supercharger go get an AJP turbo. 400 WHP with an Exhaust at 11PSI. **** is godly!!!

ha ha jk

 

I have a Supercharge supplimented with NOS. I have had no problems with my SC at all. Whether you go SC or Turbo will be limited by tuning. Comptech uses a reflash from Hondata. Both on the Stage 1 (5.6 psi) and the Stage 2 (8.6 psi) which is still in development. I am not sure what the turbo guys use. I have heard Emanage and piggy backs, but the turbo guys will need to respond.

If your concered about smog, the Comptech Stage 1 is CA smog legal. I am not sure about any of the turbo's.

Turbo's also give you more options since you can change boost easier, however, fuel tuning is still an issue. In any case, whatever you do (SC or Turbo), you are increasing the pressure in your cylinders. At some point something is going to break. Specially if you throw a 75 shot of NOS on top.

 

thanks for the help everybody....

 

Perhaps for your situation, but this is the 06+ Civic forum. Do some research.

 

explain to me why a supercharger is more reliable...

 

i just bought an 09 civic si and was wondering the same thing. Thx for all the info guys.

 

This is obviously an opinionated issue. but the main fact that ive looked at is that superchargers such as the Comptech Supercharger come ready to go with a complete bolt on application and tuned out of the box. Turbo kits require a little bit more skill as far as installation, then after its installed you hafta have the shop tune and such.

With a decision like this you must look at the FACTS and what you can do.

 

A reflash is not the same as a dyno tune. You can't tune a car without seeing it.

 

Im sorry i mistyped. i know a reflash is not a tune, this has been said thousands of times. but the supercharger comes out of the box without any necesary tweaking and it comes with the reflash to compliment the supercharger.

are you happy now? lol

 

What he said! Not sure if he's being sarcastic, but what he just said is accurate.

 

Because it is always "on". Constant pressure at all times. Consistently raising and dropping boost levels at every shift does quite a number on the engine.

 

Superchargers don't give constant pressure at all times. They vary boost based on load, rpm and throttle position the same as turbos. I don't know all the details of a sc but I think they have a form of wastegate or bypass valves to vary the boost. When you are not into the pedal you are not making boost with a supercharger.....Same as a turbo

 

I dont think superchargers have variable pressure besides if you change the pulley size. They always run the same rpm as the engine so you dont hafta worry about it spooling up too much and creating too much pressure for your engine to handle. At least i think thats somewhat how they work.