supercharged or turbo?

[spaceman123]

whats better for a b16, a supercharger or turbo?

 

[schutzracing]

depends on what your looking for.. turbo will get you alot more power..

 

[slowcivic E G]

yea you do see alot of b16 turbos making good power and spanking other cars, supercharger isnt going to get you much out of the b16.

 

[spaceman123]

very true, whats harder to maintane?

 

[Hondaz4LYF]

very true, whats harder to maintane?

They're both pretty expensive to maintain, but I would say turbo.

 

[NFR_AP2]

turbo

 

[umair]

if you want a fun street car supercharger but if you want speed turbo. you can make a turbo b16 a fun street car too but i think a supercharger would be more fun.

i would go turbo.

 

[spaceman123]

sorry guys, this is off topic but im tired of these 07 si f**ks, talking s**t on b16's. all i know is that ive seen a b16 win against that stupid 07 si. dont like those 07's.

 

[toneekay]

i would chose turbo for the b16 as well.

the thing is with turbo is that your turbo doesnt spool until your in higher rpms.. supercharger is always on and is constant power.

so what kind of driving would you be doing in your car? the way i see it is that if you turbocharge your car then itll be better for highspeed/drag racing. now if you supercharge your car, this is probably going to be better if you do alot of autox, course racing, etc..

it just makes better sense.. have fun driving ;P

 

[RedLine42]

Turbo

 

[Billy.]

sounds like you just want something to make your b16 faster than a k20


..turbo

 

[spaceman123]

im going with the VORTECH SUPERCHARGER

 

[ATI>boosted<EM1]

vortech supercharger dont make good power downlow. the higher you rev the more boost it makes. so you make max boost and power at redline. i have a pro charger its a whole lot better then the vortech and makes more power, not a whole lot but better then vortech and you do t see it under the hood unless you look really hard.

 

[ryanM]

turbo

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[CajunRicer]

if u want to turbo, go w/ a b18b1.

 

[TypeSwede]

turbo... funny that everyone tells you that and then you decide that you want the worst designed supercharger ever
lol

 

[umair]

i would chose turbo for the b16 as well.

the thing is with turbo is that your turbo doesnt spool until your in higher rpms.. supercharger is always on and is constant power.

so what kind of driving would you be doing in your car? the way i see it is that if you turbocharge your car then itll be better for highspeed/drag racing. now if you supercharge your car, this is probably going to be better if you do alot of autox, course racing, etc..

it just makes better sense.. have fun driving ;P

he could just use a smaller turbo. an evo 3 should almost max the motor out on a stock b16(300WHP) and they spool at 3500-4000 rpms.

 

[Beelzebubba]

Ahh....the age old question:

First of all, let's just eliminate the centrifugal supercharger from the equation. All the lag of a turbo, all the drag of a supercharger....the worst of both worlds. Sure, you will make power with a Vortech S/C but on a high strung/low torque B16 it's going to be too little too late.

The roots type Jackson Racing supercharger has a nice fat torque increase over N/A down in the basement. You can really feel the torque. Supercharged cars tend to be a little more linear in power delivery than some turbo cars so that might help when things get twisty. At least over a peaky turbo car.

Turbocharger. You are going to get the best numbers out of a turbo car. It won't be as easy to drive as a JRSC'd B16 but it should be ahead at the end of the track and you get accustomed to where your car comes on the boost and can compensate for that with your driving style.

 

[toneekay]

he could just use a smaller turbo. an evo 3 should almost max the motor out on a stock b16(300WHP) and they spool at 3500-4000 rpms.

if he gets a smaller turbo, sure it will spool faster but think about this. constant on and off max spooling on the turbo will cause stress on the turbo, am i right? with a supercharger the only stress there is, will be on the motor itself; with the proper tune and upgrades, s/c would be the better FI for autox.

then again, i dont think he'll be doing any of that.. most civic drivers are all about speed in a straight line. i like a mixture in both for myself, but thats just me.

 

[BlackHopeDC5]

Ahh....the age old question:

First of all, let's just eliminate the centrifugal supercharger from the equation. All the lag of a turbo, all the drag of a supercharger....the worst of both worlds. Sure, you will make power with a Vortech S/C but on a high strung/low torque B16 it's going to be too little too late.

The roots type Jackson Racing supercharger has a nice fat torque increase over N/A down in the basement. You can really feel the torque. Supercharged cars tend to be a little more linear in power delivery than some turbo cars so that might help when things get twisty. At least over a peaky turbo car.

Turbocharger. You are going to get the best numbers out of a turbo car. It won't be as easy to drive as a JRSC'd B16 but it should be ahead at the end of the track and you get accustomed to where your car comes on the boost and can compensate for that with your driving style.

listen to him he knows what hes talking about