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Old 09-07-2008, 11:51 PM
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In your opinion what sounds better in an LS1 a spooling turbo with a blowoff valve or a whine of a supercharger?
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Are you trying to figure out which one you want to run by the sound of it or are you just asking what people like?
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in my opinion the wine of a supercharger mixed with a badass exhaust cant be beat...
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I love a good BOV.


But that Procharger whine at idle is sick too.
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1.) why the f**ck is this in INTERNAL ENGINE?
2.) i'd rather have 1 car with a roots, 1 with a centrifugal liek a Procharger, and 1 with an APS kit...b/c i could never choose between those sounds.
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Originally Posted by 1_bad_TA
Are you trying to figure out which one you want to run by the sound of it or are you just asking what people like?
NA just taking a general poll
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Never like the whine of the Pro-Charger it makes the car sound like it has a bad belt. I don't mine the roots supercharger whine because at idle they are generally a lot quieter and only whine while reving. Blow off valve of a turbo it is nice
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Turbo. Hands down. I had a STS on my car (which though slightly inefficient is about the loudest damn turbo setup known to man.) It scared the crap out of the import scene and I had at least 1x positive comment every day I drove the car from people in all makes/models of cars and motorcycles.
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Originally Posted by Killer_Bluebird
Never like the whine of the Pro-Charger it makes the car sound like it has a bad belt. I don't mine the roots supercharger whine because at idle they are generally a lot quieter and only whine while reving. Blow off valve of a turbo it is nice
i agree..i think after a while the whine would seriously annoy me plus everyone would know what you have under the hood, or at least people that are into cars would
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My favorite car sounds ever is a roots/twin screw blower, BUT it just doesn't seem to fit F-bodies. To me they just belong on 'Vettes and Cobras.
So since the OP said LS1 I'm going to go ahead and assume F-body and vote turbo.
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LSX + Turbo... NICE!
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I like that a lot of people, still in this day and age, hear a turbo on a camaro and think to themselves WTF was that? Whereas my sister can identify a car with a blower..
&&& Girls love BOV's.
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Originally Posted by Killer_Bluebird
Never like the whine of the Pro-Charger it makes the car sound like it has a bad belt.
Maybe if the person listening to it is a moron.

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Turbo Hands Downnnnnn
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i had a procharger and i think i gotta vote for turbo..Love the BOV sound
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Turbo.. The wastegate opening is a wonderful sound, lol..
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Originally Posted by Striped02WS6
in my opinion the wine of a supercharger mixed with a badass exhaust cant be beat...
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Lumpy cam dumdumdum
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turbo spool + ls1 rumble = heaven
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Well, since turbo cars are the fastest ones, I'd say the turbo is better. Sound is for ricers.


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