Turbos Vs Superchargers

[Steve]

Turbos Vs Superchargers, in your opinion which is better? and why?

[k2sty1]

turbo's all the way!

reason: cause its a turbo, and u get the turbo spooling sound, and then u can make it flutter, OMGG, best sound in the world

[ilv1004s]

superchargers flutter too

turbos have lagg

superchargers dont

[k2sty1]

i have this thing going on with my bogan friends about turbo vs supercharger

if a car i had could be turbo OR supercharged, then i would choose the turbo

i like the sound of turbo spool, rather than the whine of a supercharger

but yeh true that turbos have lag

although all motor FTW

[Poisson]

Superchargers don't have lag, but they do steal some of the engine's power, against which they greatly improve torque. You need to have a blower which gives you a lot more power than it takes to run. On my Benz there is a supercharger blow-by valve that operates at low revs - sounds awful.

Mercedes-Benz have recently changed all their supercharged engines to turbo (or biturbo) for increased power and torque at lower fuel consumption.