On curvey mountain roads would there be a preference of a quality turbo set-up over a good supercharger?

 

turbo has more power, but its not linear like a supercharger. youll go faster with the turbo, but might like the feel of the supercharger.

 

blah, im wasting my breathe. time for a cigar...


[Modified by Tyson, 10:07 PM 10/29/2002]

 

For Road Racing? Racing on roads...

3 turbos. Hide 2 of them in the glovebox.

Wheeeeee!!!!!!!!!

The artist formerly known as RoadRacer.

 

your question was already answered, but "road race" to people around here (and most everywhere else) is on a race track, not public roads. just to help you out in future posts.

 

Your driving style may like one or the other, but generally speaking, a supercharger should be more driveable...that is, there's more useable power available throughout the rev range. A turbo is generally "peaky" and the power probably is all available at high engine speeds. You may experience turbo lag.

Supercharger should have a better throttle response. On a road course, I would think driveability is better than total hp...at least that's what I've heard from drivers (ie, comparison between the Jordan Peugeot 196 which had more hp than the Williams Renault FW18 but the FW18's Renault RS8 V10 was more tractable). Though in F1, chassis design plays a big role, in CART, there were a lot of Reynards in the late '90s, and Hondas generally did not have the most hp. Ford and maybe Mercedes in '97 had the most horsepower, but the Hondas were almost always had the best driveability, which was what the drivers supposedly like.

But having no experience whatsoever with a super- or turbocharger on a road course, my post is merely a guesstimate.

 

Oh, goodie - another person who thinks Chuckanut Drive is "Chuckanut International Raceway"...

Take the money you would spend and start entering autorcrosses with whatever car you own - minus the blower - and you will have WAY more fun and be WAY more safe than tearing around Mt. Baker. Go racing and you will know the truth, Grasshopper.

Be safe,

Kirk

 

On a ROAD COURSE, I'd think the preference would be the more reliable one.

 

I like peperoni on my pizza.

 

get a big turbo and run 2 bar. that way, when you're coming out of a corner on mountain runs, you won't feel anything at first, and then the boost will hit and you'll understeer right off the road.

edit - I just noticed how appropriate your username is if you want to drive a boosted car on curvy mountain roads in WA where it rains all the time...lol


[Modified by Ross, 12:46 PM 10/30/2002]

 

Supercharger for v8's, otherwise 1 turbo for every 3-4 cylingers!

 

can we just ignore the trolls? maybe they go away that way.

 

whatever gives you more HP. and if you can deal w/ the reliability

all that assuming you can drive the setup

 

Don't forget the NOS, or Nawz depending how you wear your visor.

 

both

 

He's right.. Use the supercharger to spool the turbo= no turbo lag.. But coming off of a turn or at the start line, stoplight, whatever.. Hit the NAWS to get the process going all that much faster.. Watch your engine blow sky high.. You may even have a contest with your ricer friends to see how high you can blow a connecting rod through the hood.

 

with regular posters replying like this on the RR/auto-x forum, who needs trolls?


[Modified by NegativeLift, 10:57 AM 10/31/2002]