A&Q about 350Z
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Well now's your chance to vote and give a brief answer as to why your choice is better.
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turbo, as you dont lose any power spinning it up, and new variable vane jobbies give you the best of both worlds (small and big turbo effect (minimal lag with high boost)).
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And with that the vote is split
mind you I would say supercharger as I own one
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not anymore, well for the time being atleast
Turbo IMO
(oops brief answer)
Modern turbos run efficiently, are more reliable than they used to be, are cheaper to replace as a unit, give you more BHP for your Buck
:-) Veedubber
Edited by: veedubber
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well i like my supercharger!!!! my beastie takes off as soon as my put my foot down!!!!!
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I gotta be honest i like NA golf, but i suppose if i was to go for forced induction them i wood go for the supacharger, i think they smoother then any turbo could be, and besides nova boys can have turbos and none of us want to be assositated with those (choose your word).
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have you sat in a VAG 1.8T car recently nic_ape? go try a 150bhp standard mk4 turbo, and see how smooth that is. If you ask me, it's smoother than my dad's supercharged Merc.
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have you sat in a VAG 1.8T car recently nic_ape? go try a 150bhp standard mk4 turbo, and see how smooth that is. If you ask me, it's smoother than my dad's supercharged Merc.
Well ive been in the Octavia vRS and i will admit it was smooth but surely when ur caneing it a supercharger gotta be smoother (in terms of power delivery).
I might make that my mission now to test the difference between the two.
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PS. Do u wana swap ur wheels with mine lol, thats a nice car.
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Spinning up at 120+ says turboing is the way to go...
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I've sat in a 150bhp 1.8t golf . And I have to say, yes it was smooth, but god was it slow!!! Big heavy car with not enough to boot.
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I've sat in a 150bhp 1.8t golf . And I have to say, yes it was smooth, but god was it slow!!! Big heavy car with not enough to boot.
Agree with that, obviously you can get that engine to provide quite big power but in standard form the car is a bit of a let down. Far too sensible...
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charger man, dont you just love that g60 whine,, boost your way past everyone else,!! no lag just oodles of smooth power!!
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Problem is, people wiill vote, without actually trying, owning or nothing anything about any of them.....so it's a bit of a worthless poll really.
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driven
supercharged and own a turbo'd car... haven't experienced nitrous yet....
IMO turbo rules... smooth power..and there's naff all lag on a modern turbo.
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Problem is, people wiill vote, without actually trying, owning or nothing anything about any of them.....so it's a bit of a worthless poll really.
Your probably right there!!
Anyways, my A3 1.8T is super smooth. The low end torque (compared to my mk2 valver) is very welcome.
I don't notice any turbo lag, in fact I can't even here the damn thing spin up!!
I've driven MK4's and they do feel flat. Mine seems a little more responsive (I don't know the kerb weights of the top of me head), but it definately needs a remap.
I'll let ya know how it feels after mine gets mapped next month.
Oh yeah back to the poll. I vote turbo, as the vag chargers I've touched have all broken!!
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From a technical point only, i vote the supercharger... but as with modern turbo's becoming a lot more efficient and smooth and lasting longer, it's only time when a turbo can deliver supercharger style boost.
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If installed correctly, nitrous is can give very big but safe power increases, its just a sod to get the bottle filled up when it runs out, but nitrous gets my vote
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driven
supercharged and own a turbo'd car... haven't experienced nitrous yet....
IMO turbo rules... smooth power..and there's naff all lag on a modern turbo.
Exactly same here, driven a G60 and G40 which were superp, I own the MK4 Turbo and love it.
So I have voted Turbo, tho hard decision cause I loved the noise of the charger
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maybe i could use this poll to decide which system to install in my 16v, i was gonna have a turbo fitted but i heard a few negative things about aftermarket turbo fitments, so that put me off.
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I've driven turbo's, not keen on the power delivery, they always feel faster than they actually are. Superchargers make too much noise and sap too much power to run and the G-Lader is a joke as far as reliablility is concerned.
You just can't beat the throttle response of a tuned NA motor IMO.
I've put my money on the N2O (i.e. I've bought a kit).....just need a car to fit it to now.
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Fit it to mine if you like?
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Each have their merits, so I'd go for a motor that has all 3 fitted:
Supercharger for bottom end stump-pulling torque, but hopefully a shade more resiliant that the G-lader - mebbe a merc one?
Turbo for that 'ooh baby' whoosh when the boost comes on.
Nitrous for the groovy little 'go faster' button you can use when you're on full boost and the Ferarri/Porsche/F16-Falcon is still getting away from you.
Realisticly, I'd fit the supercharger first, as I'm a lazy bugger and I don't like changing gears much.
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Never driven a charged VW but found a 180bhp MKIV golf a very nice drive. Better than the standard anyway. Drove a cooper S the other week. Felt slow compared to the golf and other 'hot hatches' i.e. civic type-R and focus RS Of the lot the last 2 motors were most responsive and fun to drive. Never tried nitrous
Edited by: Torquey
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Turbo for me.
Couldn`t be arsed to get the nos filled up all the time (unless they start selling it at the fuel pumps!)
G60 chargers discounted due to the reliability issues.