$3K for the strenthened tranny isn't bad. I thought it would cost more than that. It's a good choice not to have it swapped to a manual tranny. A manual tranny swap might cost just as same.morris said:The tranny rebuild was 3k.
I already had a dragon torque converter with stator pump so that was a separate issue all together...
Not only talking about maximum power, the main reason that people choose turbo over supercharger is because the engine runs more efficient with turbo, although customizing a turbo system requires a lot more work. Supercharger wastes the engine hp to turn it while the turbo only deals with the backpressure. In theory, a supercharger wastes 20% of crank power. I'm not so sure about it, but it's a theory by those engineers. However, with proper sizing, the turbo will deal with the backpressure as a minor issue. Also, some superchargers make irritating whining noise.I thought I would drag up this old thread to help shed some light on why people are choosing turbo's over supercharging...
What turbo did he use?
Not only talking about maximum power, the main reason that people choose turbo over supercharger is because the engine runs more efficient with turbo, although customizing a turbo system requires a lot more work. Supercharger wastes the engine hp to turn it while the turbo only deals with the backpressure. In theory, a supercharger wastes 20% of crank power. I'm not so sure about it, but it's a theory by those engineers. However, with proper sizing, the turbo will deal with the backpressure as a minor issue. Also, some superchargers make irritating whining noise.
You misunderstood me. What I meant was that "Not only the turbo can go to maximum hp, it also can run more efficient than the supercharger".I dissagree, the guys I know that ditched the RMM SC for a turbo setup did it because the RMM system could not give them the power they wanted. It wont work over 11 psi or so
That's true when many people on the streets don't care about the effiency issue of the engine. All they need is a fast powerful car. However, when the people who design and implement that system onto the car, they all do care. And they take all the cautions to make the car run at its best and tweak out every possibility to make it faster. Otherwise, the output power won't be maximized, given the same amount of $$ or other limitations. Power output is lagged, not linear to the RPM, gas that is burnt more than needed, engine temperature is risen up...etc. are all the efficiency issues of the supercharger & turbocharger systems. It's not just about the Internet debates.No I followed you, but from the people I talk to no one really cares one way or the other about the engineering aspects of the system. The issue of efficiency never comes up on the street. It seems to be an aspect of the debate that is only relevant on the Internet. Guys want fast cars, they dont generally care about efficent engines.