hmm, how does a turbo work - YES I know it is a stupid - vs. a sc. I know how a
super charger works but what causes the lag with the Turbo?
Terry W.
Corey A Meyer wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Terry Westbrook wrote:
>
> > What's better? A supercharger or a turbo? I have been looking into them and
> > am not too sure which one to go with.
> >
>
> I have just looked some of this up. Turbos are a lot more work
> and really need to be taken care of but will get you 15 psi of pressure
> with no boost off the bat. The boost comes at about 2000 rpm due to its
> construction. A way to combat lag is to use two turbo chargers that give
> about half the boost of a single and this should give less lag.
> The super is much easier to deal with but only gives like 5 psi.
> However, the boost is pretty much instantaneous...no lag. More of a bolt
> on and really the care is next to nothing compared to the turbochargers.
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Jun 20 2003 - 12:16:31 EDT