One thing where I see _big_ advantage of turbo is that you can really get a sh!t out of it by forcing fuel mixture to burn _before_ turbo and causing awesome boosts! Also should be great to keep turbo spinning at low rpms. Forget driving it on street though. I won't guess how much it can beat out of 1.8l at 7.5cr that way, but should be ok figure.
Otherwice, turbos also have disadvantages, like: If you want to sqeeze max, you need big turbo. Big turbo does not give a sh!t on low rpms. Need quick response and low end- run smaller turbo, but loose high end power. SC advantages besides linearity are that you have free exhaust- no bottleneck, also cleaner burning because of this, what means added Hp. Lower temps- no that much heat loses (which are clear waste fo energy), and no risk of heat detonations. Of course the SC takes off some power of engine, but I think that turbo does not spin for free (forget the first part) and need some work to be done to spin it. Should I bring good SC example again? There was G60fied 1.8 20V A1 Synchro Scirooco from Jabba-Sport featured in The Golf (November?), they claimed 300+bhp. Anyway, I'd like to know what are opinions on this (off)topic. -Nils > Basically, the supercharger requires a lot less thinking on a day to day basis... it dosen't get everything all hot and doesn't > require the car to be fully warmed up before giving the car a little foot! The problem is that a supercharger does not give you > "free" horsepower. Basically just like anything run off your engine by a belt, the supercharger will rob your engine of > horsepower... so it's not as effecient as a turbo. _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
