Supercharger or Turbo
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Supercharger or Turbo I am trying to get around 450-500 hp to the wheels. I am looking at either a supercharger or a turbo. I am kinda thinking about the turbos a little more becasue no one around here has one that is turboed. my question is which systems are best and how much they would cost. thanks for any info. 
I would also recomend turbo, I used to really think I wanted a supercharger kit for my camaro, but now that I've started custom fabbing my twin turbo kit there is no looking back, and I'm sure I'll like it even more soon as the car runs.
i vote for the turbo, i think u'll be much happier with the results. Prolly at least get to 450rwhp but id bet more. Look at the STS kits with usual bolt-ons, good exhaust setup and 5psi. 7psi w/ alky injection ud prolly get real close to 500rwhp. Just my few cents
Originally Posted by osuhunter07
supercharger. 
A lot of guys on here have turbos, turbos can produce more power but for that range a blower can easliy do it
A lot of guys on here have turbos, turbos can produce more power but for that range a blower can easliy do it
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i am really considering the sts turbo system does any one know how much hp i would have with some slp headers and the sts turbo? i know that the turbo on a stock 99 camaro makes 419hp.
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I thought I saw that TByrne is having a special on both ATI supercharger kits and STS Turbo kits. Talk to a sponsor that sells both and see what the total costs would be to attain your goals.
One of the big differences I've noticed is in the torque curves. Last month's Mustang and Fast Fords had a really detailed write-up showing test results on a 4.6 liter 4-valve Cobra motor. The tests included the stock Eaton supercharger, a Kenne Bell twin screw, the ATI kit, and a Pro turbo twin kit.
Only thing different was the FI, and they plotted results at the same boost. As you'd expect, the Eaton and Kenne Bell made instant boost, the centrifugal (ATI) made better peak Hp, and the turbo blew them away in terms of the torque curve and efficiency. Making over 600 ft lbs of torque from 3200 rpm to 6400 rpm is much, much different than picking a peak HP number at high rpms.
Talk with people who sell and have done both rather than listening to the "my team is better" stuff.
One of the big differences I've noticed is in the torque curves. Last month's Mustang and Fast Fords had a really detailed write-up showing test results on a 4.6 liter 4-valve Cobra motor. The tests included the stock Eaton supercharger, a Kenne Bell twin screw, the ATI kit, and a Pro turbo twin kit.
Only thing different was the FI, and they plotted results at the same boost. As you'd expect, the Eaton and Kenne Bell made instant boost, the centrifugal (ATI) made better peak Hp, and the turbo blew them away in terms of the torque curve and efficiency. Making over 600 ft lbs of torque from 3200 rpm to 6400 rpm is much, much different than picking a peak HP number at high rpms.
Talk with people who sell and have done both rather than listening to the "my team is better" stuff.
Either way, you're looking at 4-6psi max with the stock 11.1:1 compression pistons. You'd have to run water injection or some other setup to get more than that. At most your gaining 100-150hp?...if that? Think of all the other mods you could do for $3 or $4k that would have been spent on the turbos/time putting them on. Just something to think about.
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I personally have a p1sc that puts down a lot of power. But on the other hand the sts kit is very nice. I just don't like the way it looks on a Camaro. It looks a hell of a lot better on the Pontiacs because of the body kit that hides most of the piping. A friend of mine just put down 687rwhp with the D1sc and passed smog the next weekend with the same setup here in the Bay Area.
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ok if i go with the sts turbo kit is there a way to set it up for 7psi and if so what would be the est hp that i would have. also i was wondering if there was any way to make it duel exhaust. that is the only thing that i dont like about the set up
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Either way, you're looking at 4-6psi max with the stock 11.1:1 compression pistons. You'd have to run water injection or some other setup to get more than that. At most your gaining 100-150hp?...if that?
The stock C/R is not 11.1 C/R. Its 10.1 and some magazines said 10.2 C/R while the LS6 motor is 10.5 C/R. The new LS2 motor is 10.9C/R. You can run 8psi easily on a stock LS1 with no problems with an intercooled system such as the ATI while u will need a water/alky injection with a STS system to run that amount of boost safely. I wouldnt pass 10psi on a stock motor because the cylinder pressure could hurt the weakest link in the motor which is the piston.
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How different would 2 dyno graphs look, w/ cars producing the same peak hp, if a turbo setup was compared to a supercharger setup?
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i am really considering the sts turbo system does any one know how much hp i would have with some slp headers and the sts turbo? i know that the turbo on a stock 99 camaro makes 419hp.
Slp headers suck man(
), and a lot of their products are overpriced so shop around and check out the vendors to the right --->