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Originally Posted by Bimmer-M3
Emarati prince is richer...he can afford 2 of them at the same time 
In all seriousness, what is more reliable usually? Turbo kit or supercharge kit? |
Well from experience they are both about the same. The Super charger kits work off a belt so its much easier to install and maintain where as a turbo is mounted right after the exhaust header/manifold and they also require both oil and water cooling so that means you'll need an coolant and oil feed locations and a coolant return and oil return location which is typically the oil pan (assuming its a ball bearing turbo) so they are more complicated to install..
One thing to keep in mind is that turbo's generate more heat than superchargers. But to answer your question Turbo kits don't use a belt so they are practically maintenance free where with a supercharger you have to keep changing belts every x amount of miles.