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Originally Posted by mdryfhout
super charge it mustangs have a good top end and supercharging it will give instant bottom end response a won't need to fabrcate exhaust manifold
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Uh, ok... Actually a blower is much worse for top end than a turbo. Turbo systems can maintain an efficient shaft RPM via wastegates. You can't controll the shaft speed of a blower as it's belt/shaft driven and in the upper RPMs you will be far outside the efficiency range of a small blower. You can counter this with a different pully, but then you won't have the same bottom end.
Just what do you mean by having to "fabrcate" an exhaust manifold? If you'd follow the links I posted, you'll find fabricated manifolds, much like you can buy a fabricated blower...
Lemme try this again - With a proper setup, lag is virtually NON-EXISTANT on the track. The picture is a wheel standing TURBO charged Mustang; I myself have made 25+ psi in a matter of 5-10 feet; With a 2 step you will be making boost before the car moves... So tell me again about bottom end response. The only time lag will be an issue, as I stated, is if you lug the car off the line. I don't think many people drag race that way, but I may be mistaken.
Let's talk about some benefits of turbo vs supercharging. Let's talk about the life span of turbo vs supercharging shall we? Why do you think semis are turbo charged? Ever known someone to get 100,000+ miles out of a blower? My VR4 made it's 12.67 pass with 118k miles on the original turbos. Here's another benefit for you - Turbos quiet the exhaust. Some tracks don't require mufflers on TURBO cars only, such as MIR (Budd's Creek Maryland). IMHO turbos sound better all around, the turbo whine, the wastegate opening, the blow-off valve dumping... Compared to some loud ass belt whine?