my new vettes first kill..
08-05-2013, 05:14 PM
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I personally prefer centri's opposed to pd's. I understand them for heavy vehicles like 5th gens and trucks to get them going but other than that I just don't like them. I do however like turbo's and have zero against them. The TTiX kit or APS with DTK (DKT) upgrades are the way to go on a vette if going the turbo route. Centri on a vette just works though.
08-05-2013, 10:58 PM
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I personally prefer centri's opposed to pd's. I understand them for heavy vehicles like 5th gens and trucks to get them going but other than that I just don't like them. I do however like turbo's and have zero against them. The TTiX kit or APS with DTK (DKT) upgrades are the way to go on a vette if going the turbo route. Centri on a vette just works though.
08-05-2013, 11:12 PM
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I personally prefer centri's opposed to pd's. I understand them for heavy vehicles like 5th gens and trucks to get them going but other than that I just don't like them. I do however like turbo's and have zero against them. The TTiX kit or APS with DTK (DKT) upgrades are the way to go on a vette if going the turbo route. Centri on a vette just works though.
08-05-2013, 11:19 PM
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1, I was speaking directly turbo(s) vs centrifugal.
2, The reason centrifugals are soo popular is beacause they fit underneath a stock hood. Remember, these guys like stock looks, typically. And up until the release of the E-FORCE from edelbrock, nothing would fit on top of the corvette engine, without replacing a hood.
As a result, you have only the more harcore guys running a big kenne bell, or something along the lines of that but,...I do not think the VETTE guys are up to speed with that basic setup, when compared to the guys running centri's.
Therefore,...a PD blower or roots will build boost on instant, and make that same boost across the board,..... a centri, wil start off at nothing, and build its way up, and keep build up to it's PEAK boost number at PEAK RPM....it's just the way it works, and the way it is, at least with what is on the market today...
3)...I was comparing supercharging to tubocharging. You cannot compare the two. One use's power to make power, the other basically recycles it, with a mild back pressure tradeoff. Turbos will make power, given the proper setup, mid range, and across the board to whatever you want just about, depending on the layout chosen.
TOP end, PD vs Centrifugal....typically we see the centri vettes that are quicker but, again, thats only cause you never see whipple/kenne bell vettes racing hardcore....atleast on the street. The turbos, vs either, should always win....given two identical cars.
2, The reason centrifugals are soo popular is beacause they fit underneath a stock hood. Remember, these guys like stock looks, typically. And up until the release of the E-FORCE from edelbrock, nothing would fit on top of the corvette engine, without replacing a hood.
As a result, you have only the more harcore guys running a big kenne bell, or something along the lines of that but,...I do not think the VETTE guys are up to speed with that basic setup, when compared to the guys running centri's.
Therefore,...a PD blower or roots will build boost on instant, and make that same boost across the board,..... a centri, wil start off at nothing, and build its way up, and keep build up to it's PEAK boost number at PEAK RPM....it's just the way it works, and the way it is, at least with what is on the market today...
3)...I was comparing supercharging to tubocharging. You cannot compare the two. One use's power to make power, the other basically recycles it, with a mild back pressure tradeoff. Turbos will make power, given the proper setup, mid range, and across the board to whatever you want just about, depending on the layout chosen.
TOP end, PD vs Centrifugal....typically we see the centri vettes that are quicker but, again, thats only cause you never see whipple/kenne bell vettes racing hardcore....atleast on the street. The turbos, vs either, should always win....given two identical cars.
08-06-2013, 07:24 AM
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08-06-2013, 04:25 PM
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I personally prefer centri's opposed to pd's. I understand them for heavy vehicles like 5th gens and trucks to get them going but other than that I just don't like them. I do however like turbo's and have zero against them. The TTiX kit or APS with DTK (DKT) upgrades are the way to go on a vette if going the turbo route. Centri on a vette just works though.
This will be really cool when we start seeing these come to the market for vettes. Variable geometry in a centri.
http://youtu.be/pPrL6ebUrDU
http://youtu.be/pPrL6ebUrDU
What I will tell you,..is that I have turned MANY blowers over by hand,..just playing with the pulley, or just fiddling with them. I have NEVER turned a more difficult blower ever, in my life. That thing must take TONS of power, just to spin it. I would imagine you would need lots of power to make it work.
Basically, this is like a wategated/boost controller setup on a centri blower.
That, and it ain't cheap. I think you would be better or running a wastgate(or softer bov springs),