Turbocharger or supercharger?

[Byard]

I can't decide which I should fit, any suggestions?



Pic related.

[Carfiend]

I have both of those pictured items on my car. It is a super turbo.

[kambites]

Supercharger. Turbos are awful.

But isn't that "turbocharger" an alternator and the "supercharger" a starter motor? In which case I'd say the "turbocharger" is probably more useful.

[VB]

kambites said:

Supercharger. Turbos are awful.

Drove the new Mini Cooper S today and I have to say it was utterly fantastic. I didn't even know it turbocharged

[C7 JFW]

I think you should fit a battery charger too, just to give it that bit extra.

[e8_pack]

[sparkyhx]

[BettySwollocks2]

MTFU and fit both,



I drive a 1.4 TSI btw.

[Carfiend]

We can't be left behind, we cannot allow a forced induction gap!

[kambites]

Carfiend said:

We can't be left behind, we cannot allow a forced induction gap!

Well no, all the pressure would go leak out.

[wackojacko]

[Animal101]

What about one of those electric superchargers off ebay?

[Viperz888]

Neither, there is no replacement for displacement.

[Carfiend]

They are electric so are instantly better than anything else that is based on burning liquid dead tree technology. If I daisy chain like 10 together out the front of the car like a kind of automotive inverse cigar will I be able to reach 88 mph and go back to last thursday and have that nice steak again?

[anonymous-user]

Animal101 said:

What about one of those electric superchargers off ebay?

[wackojacko]

PSBuckshot said:

Animal101 said:

What about one of those electric superchargers off ebay?

They're awesome...

[BJR18]

those pictures are defo of an alternator and starter motor

[Dave Hedgehog]

pic is filtered at work so a genuine answer

chargers are always on so response is instant, they are powered by the engine so you loose some BHP to run it, you also get worse MPG because it is always on

blowers are powered by waste gas so more efficient but can take a little time (or a long time) to hit full boost, modern twin scroll turbos are pretty bloody impressive

id go with both

[CoolHands]

You got the wrong model listed. You need one of these. Easy mistake.

[Matt UK]