Why are supercharger kits so god damned expensive?
10-30-2010, 02:26 PM
#26
No but seriously, superchargers suck.
There is no such thing as constant power f.y.i.
The only thing constant about a supercharger is the horrible idle, high iat's and complete lack of power. Oh yeah, you can ditch the dinosaur fuel/timing systems they come with and start using a manly standalone, but then you will be over the cost of a decent turbo setup and stilll only have the power of cheap *** t25 setup.
Oh and about the whine? When you want to actually make power, you will modify your exhaust, then the car will be loud enough that you won't even hear the blower.
Ask me how I know this. I have video's too if someone wants to be a smart *** about it.
There is no such thing as constant power f.y.i.
The only thing constant about a supercharger is the horrible idle, high iat's and complete lack of power. Oh yeah, you can ditch the dinosaur fuel/timing systems they come with and start using a manly standalone, but then you will be over the cost of a decent turbo setup and stilll only have the power of cheap *** t25 setup.
Oh and about the whine? When you want to actually make power, you will modify your exhaust, then the car will be loud enough that you won't even hear the blower.
Ask me how I know this. I have video's too if someone wants to be a smart *** about it.
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10-30-2010, 03:07 PM
#29
You have video is? /smartass
Agreed. I've only been in one supercharged Miata, and it was done, IMO, the right way.
FM 2.0
Ubercharger (1.2l Whipple)
real EMS (Link in this case, leftover from owner's previous turbo install)
FMIC
I didn't know enough about these things at the time, so I don't know what his TB setup is or anything fancy like that.
Anyway, he had just removed his 1.8/turbo setup in favor of the 2.0/SC setup. Yeah, from turbo to super. He was only concerned with the car being fast in SM2, very good driver. On the street, though, the car was intensely loud (no turbo to help with muffling), but all other aspects were good. You get what you pay for...
Agreed. I've only been in one supercharged Miata, and it was done, IMO, the right way.
FM 2.0
Ubercharger (1.2l Whipple)
real EMS (Link in this case, leftover from owner's previous turbo install)
FMIC
I didn't know enough about these things at the time, so I don't know what his TB setup is or anything fancy like that.
Anyway, he had just removed his 1.8/turbo setup in favor of the 2.0/SC setup. Yeah, from turbo to super. He was only concerned with the car being fast in SM2, very good driver. On the street, though, the car was intensely loud (no turbo to help with muffling), but all other aspects were good. You get what you pay for...
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10-30-2010, 04:14 PM
#32
LOLOL, I should rephrase my statement.
No such thing as constant, reasonably priced, non-cluster fucked power
Compounds are really cool. The Streetfighter is one of my favorite cars and it was making a ton of power with a compound setup.
EDIT: Man, my grammar is really off today :-(
No such thing as constant, reasonably priced, non-cluster fucked power
Compounds are really cool. The Streetfighter is one of my favorite cars and it was making a ton of power with a compound setup.
EDIT: Man, my grammar is really off today :-(
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10-30-2010, 04:34 PM
#36
The car that I was talking about is the streetfighter. Most of the good racing videos are on streetfire.net. Look up PhoenixEvo for his channel, tons of great videos with all sorts of cars.
Streetfighter VS. Hayabusa
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10-30-2010, 04:59 PM
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i'll check out the streetfire vids too.
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