Turbo or Supercharge?

Fatandre · 11-07-2016, 02:21 PM

Hey guys.
What is the way to go?
My friend tells me turbo, but I hear the supercharger technology has been getting better and better

dparm · 11-07-2016, 03:06 PM

Mvy · 11-07-2016, 03:10 PM

Depends on how much you want to spend. I think turbos are twice as much as superchargers. With a good amount of torque already, I went with SCing the M3.

pbonsalb · 11-07-2016, 03:55 PM

There are several supercharger options -- centrifugals from AA, Evolve, ESS and VF Engineering, and a positive displacement from Harrop. There is only one turbo system, and only a few turbo S65 using it in the US, from Gintani, and it costs twice as much as the supercharger kits.

I like turbos, though, and wish the price was lower and it was easy and cheaper to lower compression and change to stronger rods and pistons. I have had both a centrifugal supercharger and a turbo on my E36 M3 and prefer the turbo.

L4ces · 11-07-2016, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by pbonsalb

There are several supercharger options -- centrifugals from AA, Evolve, ESS and VF Engineering, and a positive displacement from Harrop. There is only one turbo system, and only a few turbo S65 using it in the US, from Gintani, and it costs twice as much as the supercharger kits.

I like turbos, though, and wish the price was lower and it was easy and cheaper to lower compression and change to stronger rods and pistons. I have had both a centrifugal supercharger and a turbo on my E36 M3 and prefer the turbo.

There's that top mounted one that is said to be in the tuning phase as well.

loveskiing · 11-07-2016, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by dparm

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Someone? · 11-07-2016, 09:45 PM

Turbo 100%!!!! IMO forget a Supercharger turbo is where it's at, damn near no limits for turbo's.

TomHudson · 11-08-2016, 06:09 AM

Proper Turbo would require much stronger internals($$).
Centrifugal blowers are very low boost until you get into it and a very reliable.

Probably better to get a new M3/M4 with all the built internals and then boost away!

Fatandre · 11-08-2016, 12:37 PM

but what if I dont want to go m4

ASBSECU E93 · 11-08-2016, 12:45 PM

Then you must fight the bear...

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