Originally Posted by Chip-3Door
Originally Posted by mikee_rs
Originally Posted by joshF
superchargers dont lag like a turbo coz there connected directly to the crank.and dont rely on exhuarst gases to spool it up.
a supercharger saps power to run it. a turbo is using the waste gas so doesnt use up any power
Not true actually the turbo causes a restriction in the exhaust flow of the engine, this means that cylinder pressures on the exhaust stroke are increased, so the engine is still having to work against it to turn it.
There is a quite shocking amount of misrepresentation in this thread generally TBH!
agreed.
Originally Posted by tabetha
Lag is nowhere near as bad now as the early days of turbo cars, but any mechanically driven compressor/supercharger is going to have the edge lower down.
not necessarily - if a very small turbo is used then it could be responsive from idle but would be restrictive at higher rpm
Originally Posted by tabetha
Turbo's are comapct and cheap to make but have a much narrower window of power.
again, not necessarily. especially in the case of variable vane turbo's