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Old Dec 21, 2005 | 09:09 AM
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Ive had my Formula for about a year now and i just keep hearing 2 different sides about which one is better, a turbo or a super... i cant decide myself which one is a better choice... Can anyone give me some pros and cons to both and tell me which one i should go with?
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There are 100's of threads on this same thing. Read them first and you will find out a lot about them. Turbo's are generally more money, harder to tune, more of a hassle, more problems to work out, make more power. Superchargers are cut and dry, tend to make less power since the crank has to drive the supercharger, typically cheaper, easy to install, and easier to tune.
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Old Dec 21, 2005 | 09:18 AM
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can someone make this question a sticky? this question comes up 400 trillion times a week.

to answer your question you'll find that about roughly 75% of people will say get a turbo and 25% will say supercharger.

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Old Dec 21, 2005 | 09:27 AM
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Its more about you than anything else.
777 hit the nail on head.

I believe turbos are a little more torquey and offer full boost lower in the rpm band whereas SC build boost all the way to redline.

and lastly the Search function will yield tons of results
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ok, sorry guys, i just signed up to this site on monday, thanks alot for the input... i think im gonna go with the turbo.
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Originally Posted by 30th t/a
can someone make this question a sticky? this question comes up 400 trillion times a week.

to answer your question you'll find that about roughly 75% of people will say get a turbo and 25% will say supercharger.
How many people acctually read stickies? But like stated above most of the people will say turbos a few will say superchargers
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Go turbonator!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by BLK85
How many people acctually read stickies? But like stated above most of the people will say turbos a few will say superchargers

right, just like i posted.
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