i was just wondering what is best for a a5th gen lude. turbo or supercharger? and why?

 

turbo.. simple, morepower

 

turbo = power
supercharger = reliability

 

it really depends how much power you want. With a supercharger you're limited to 10 pounds of boost. With a turbo the sky's the limit but reliability goes down the drain.

 

Yeah right tell that to all those guys who blew their ringlands with the JRSC at only 7 psi!

 

I've seen people melt pistons with only 5 psi off a turbo. Reliability is only as good as the tuner. Both will affect engine life. You just need to decide whether you care about 12 sec time slips, if the answer is Yes Go turbo! If you want something that will easily move you in and out of traffic and you can still take to the track and produce decent times Get the Sueprcharger.

 

Correct me if i'm work but a prelude with just a greddy intercooled kit at 7 psi will make less whp then a JRSC'd prelude at 6psi.

 

i've never actaully seen dyno results on a stock GReddy kit on a stock engine

 

208whp was the figure for a non-intercooled '97 Prelude running Greddy on Preludeonline. So with an intercooler I'd say the Greddy kit with intercooler should be about even with a JRSC.

 

yes, that is true about the greddy and jrsc - greddy has close-loop exhaust/wastegate, and i believe that dyno was done w/o front mount because greddy kit doesn't come w/ one standerd. it is a $1100 option.

 

don't post this in the FI section, you'll get flamed... do a search.

 

so... at like 14 psi with an intercooler what kind of power would you think it would put out, what about 22psi?

 

it depends on the trim sizes of your turbo, if you dont have the right ar trims then your turbo can stop producing more power at a certain hp, reguardless of the boost pressure.

 

it's like a 57 or 60 trim, it's pretty big for the size turbo

TD05/TD06H-18G


[Modified by Boosted97Lude, 6:26 PM 11/21/2002]

 

You can actually go upto 12 pounds with stepper pulley's made by Endyn....oh course they do recmmend that you have the blower reworked by them, with is kinda expensive.

 

You would also need to drop there "blue box" to raise the boost which would need a standalone to replace, but well worth it.


[Modified by ChargedLude97, 9:16 PM 11/21/2002]

 

oh yes, fo sheezy.... i've got everything more than covered, i was just looking for some guess at how much power i will have in the next few months.... click on the link in my sig

 

It'll be interesting to see what the car can do when your done.....

 

turbo, like everyone said its in the tuning for reliabilty...so you say you want good low end power...get a correct sized smaller turbo, spool quick. in the future you have a lot more options.

hey boosted97, how much longer before she sees the road? i know you cant wait, i cant. its been forever since we broke/bent our valves. Mine should be on the road within the month...i hope

Vinny

 

IF my intake manifold makes it here by the weekend, the it's going in on sunday, and will be driven by tuesday at the latest..... one way or another, i will be driving it to thanksgiving dinner at mt GF grandparent's :crossesfinger:

BTW, i believe it's been about 8 months

 

what manifold did you go with?

 

the new Venom