Hi guys, I have been thinking of getting a supercharger for my 2004 civic ep3. I was considering of getting the Jackson racing supercharger. I know that it gives over stock around 80 hp increase. From my understanding of the JRSC is that I will not be able to use different cams, and I can pretty much change the pulley size to get more psi and hp.

But I have also been thinking of getting the peak boost turbo kit. What would you guys do?

I am looking for something is reliable, since this is my daily driver and I am a student. Just looking to make my car a little faster, something I can cruise in and if I need to I can blow someone off when they start something.

 

I would go super charger. I'm sure there are cams you can get for the kit. They just need to have specs that work well with a supercharged motor.

Do some research and search the forums. This topic is covered almost weekly. It is always the same responses of "What do you want to do with the car?" blah blah blah.

Supercharger won't be as powerful but will have a different power curve. It requires less components and therefor will probably be cheaper. It could also be more reliable but there is nothing unreliable about a turbo setup as long as the finest quality parts are used and the engine is tuned correctly.

I am planning on supercharging because of the price and simplicity and it will put the power where I want it for a fun daily driver.

 

peakboost is poop....unless you like boost creep....go full-race or jrsc imo....both would be reliable setups for daily driving

 

Thanks man you made a lot of sense in that. I will probably get the JRSC since it is more in the price range for me. And plus i love the whine of the supercharger.

 

I love my supercharger. I'm very satisfied with it and I don't think I would swap to turbo if offered. I've had a turbo GSR and a turbo Accord but this is my favorite setup.

Cheap, makes decent power, instant power, and reliable.

 

LOL Riiiiiiiiight.

 

he wasn't asking about the POS transmission we keep breaking... those are junk

 

Lol ^

Who says you can't cam a supercharged motor OP?? Cams do well with superchargers in fact, you just have to know which ones to get. You don't want to go get some stage 3 NA cams know what I mean... Crower cams FTW!! There are a lot of options out there for FI cars...

 

don't agree w/ not being able to use cam either! I'm in the market for JRSC w/ aftercooler and there are bunch of things said by butt load of people that didn't make a whole lot of sense. Manufacturers say and recommend things to keep their product be used in the most reliable way, but you could always find someone innovative/experienced enough to make thing happen. I think I like the JRSC set up, but the cost wise, there's affordable turbo set ups that are around mid $3k ish, which is around what the JRSC race set up is going for. Goo~~~~~~da luck with your search!!! And YES, I love that SC sound too!!!

 

Do not supercharge it. Please buy a turbo kit

 

because???

 

The superchargers get to a certain point where there is nothing more that you can do becuase the intake air temps are so high it wont make power. With a simple turbo setup on low boost your car will make good reliable power. Everyone that superchargers a honda, later turbos it

 

Everyone??? and you talked to every single person who has switched from SC to Turbo??? and "it won't make power"??? yes, it will make power, maybe not at its 100% potential, but it will make some gain. And what if OP only wants something DD/reliable and don't really have desire to put the power over, let's say, 300whp... JRSC sounds about right to me. I had turbo on my old Si and I enjoyed it fairly much, but for me, this time around, I want something different, instant boost for example. You're absolutely entitled to your opinion, but not everything works exactly the same for everyone, so as the one's taste for FI set-up. As for the temp issue, you could get aftercooler set-up for it, although it's a little pricy, but there are solutions to it. For example, I had my turbo set up with intercooler in Phoenix AZ and in the summer time, temp over 120F, I dared not to push the continuous boost. In these weather conditions, SC or Turbo may not be the best solution to deal with temp issue. Not trying to attack your opinion, but there are pros/cons to both setups and everyone has their own preferrance. Just don't think it's cool to point out one cons about something and not mention about cons of the other! Not that I dislike, but turbo set up has it's pros/cons as well!

 

First of all its not like i insulted your wife so you need to calm down, and also what were the cons of a turbo setup again?

 

calm down??? who says I was not calm??? and don't bring my wife into this, I wasn't talking about anyone related to you first place, so leave my family alone!!!

Pros/cons???, are you serious??? first, as a user of Turbo, assuming by your signature, you should very well know them. And don't tell me there isn't any cons about the turbo setup..., and the topic has been covered numerous times just here on HT alone. There are members here with SC setup DD and not everyone has problem with it. And one more time, LEAVE MY FAMILY ALONE!!!

 

Closed the thread because there are other like it that actually have good pros vs cons lists and we don't need anything getting out of hand.