supercharger has Turbolag?
#31
Re: supercharger has Turbolag?
Originally Posted by hondaaccord
since the subject has been brought up i have also heard that using a supercharger durasticly reduces the life of your engine because of the strain it puts on it from the horsepower it takes to run. befor anyone says it i don't mean because it boosts your horsepower a lot but the strain it puts on everything to run itself. is this true just wondering?
#32
Re: supercharger has Turbolag?
In my application, the supercharger and motor have been extremely robust. I have 287,000 miles on that motor. 180,000 with the supercharger. The worst thing I find with the supercharger is the belts. the procharger is setup to tie into the serpentine belt so when it breaks, you lose alternator water pump etc. And the belts DO break. Like 25,000 miles is a long life for a belt. The idler pullies and tensioners take a beating too. Then when the pullies get sloppy, the belt chafes and lasts really short.
The turbos setups are way more fun to me. Lots more variables to mess with and power gains are unbelievable.
Lol I knew people were going to catch that RWD business from procharger. I think their form was setup with RWD as default. No way is buying a supercharger setup and building a motor going to touch the bang for the buck of a HMT setup. I just threw it up here for illustration that superchargers can be made to work pretty decent.
Erich
The turbos setups are way more fun to me. Lots more variables to mess with and power gains are unbelievable.
Lol I knew people were going to catch that RWD business from procharger. I think their form was setup with RWD as default. No way is buying a supercharger setup and building a motor going to touch the bang for the buck of a HMT setup. I just threw it up here for illustration that superchargers can be made to work pretty decent.
Erich
#33
Re: supercharger has Turbolag?
Originally Posted by hondaaccord
since the subject has been brought up i have also heard that using a supercharger durasticly reduces the life of your engine because of the strain it puts on it from the horsepower it takes to run. befor anyone says it i don't mean because it boosts your horsepower a lot but the strain it puts on everything to run itself. is this true just wondering?
As stated by others here it will strain the pullies and belts. Its best to have the supercharger on its own pully and belt to avoid wear on other devices driven by the belt.
#35
Re: supercharger has Turbolag?
prochargers flow a lot of cfm, so with the honda's i wouldn't see why but with a t3/t4 it will hit much sooner than the procharger because the spool goes by engine load and superchargers go by rpm.
So ya on a high revving motor you can have a big turbo and it would rape sause a supercharger setup because of the spool up time.
So what it comes down to is when will your powerband start? and how much cfm you're flowing.
Remember PSI != power.
Yes psi is a factor but it all comes down to CFM
So ya on a high revving motor you can have a big turbo and it would rape sause a supercharger setup because of the spool up time.
So what it comes down to is when will your powerband start? and how much cfm you're flowing.
Remember PSI != power.
Yes psi is a factor but it all comes down to CFM
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