I have to ask...

Originally posted by Boosted3g
In my opinion if you are going to purchase a supercharger or any forced induction system for that matter you are probably looking for some sort of performance.

I have a torque curve flatter than Ohio. It starts at 2500 rpm and goes all the way through to 8000. I've also seen dyno plots of turbo vehicles and love how the power doesn't kick in until high rpm. I have no problem laying the power to the ground and pulled a 14.1 @ 98 mph on my first run. Call me crazy but that sounds like a good level of performance to me. Especially out of an inline, small displacement 4.

I am simply suggesting that the bang for the buck is far greater with a turbo. I am not condoning the use of superchargers its just that nearly half of the people I talk to are not satisfied with their JRSC and the only reason they buy them is to pass smog and dont really research the big picture. i point this out so people dont waste their money like I did. If you are happy with 200 or so horsepower then more power to you. I wish I had that kind of will power to stop at that.

It's too bad that you wasted your money. Obviously you were looking for more than just great streetability, good throttle response, and gobs of low end power. I wanted something that would help me become more competitive on the road courses, and autoX weekends. Drag racing tests the car, but not so much the driver, and anyone who has ever autoX'd or road raced will probably agree with me.

And as for increasing the power, just wait because I'm not done yet. Soon enough Hondata will be powering my system, along with a large collector header, big bore exhaust, maybe a pair of custom s/c grind cams, and a big bore tb with CAI. I should be laying down 250 whp. Increasing the boost is the easy way to increase power. I'll get there, I just have other things to do first