Turbocharging vs Supercharging Options

[94Toy]

Okay so I know what the differences are between a turbo and a supercharger my question is which one is actually better, since a supercharger is belt driven would that be harder on the engine than a turbo, and is it just as easy to up the boost on a supercharger as on a turbo, because I know with a turbo you just mess around with a boost controller, but since superchargers are belt driven do you have to upgrade the pulley that they have, or do you just buy a boost controller just like a turbo. And what exacly is an aftercooler, I've heard somebody say something about these with supercharger. Sorry for all the questions I am just really thinking tonight. I dunno why?

And I also know that they do not make a supercharger for our cars I was just wondering.

[Mynzeyes]

yes. what he said. super is belt, and turbo is exhaust driven...basically, w/ a turbo...the air comes out of the engine, through the manifold, spools the turbo...the compressed air then goes through the piping, hopefully to the INTERCOOLER(which i think is what you were referin to..), which cools the compressed air, then into the throttle body...

side note: basically...the Intercooler is to cool the compressed air...it acts much the same way as the radiator works....anytime you compress air, you get heat...and we all know that heat + engine = baaaad.

now then, back to class..

whereas, generally, w/ a supercharger, the air comes in the intake, then into the supercharger, where it is compressed in roughly the same way as a turbo...then it goes either through piping, through an intercooler, into the throttle body...or, in some cases, it will go straight to the throttle body w/o any cooling.

now then...as for upping boost...w/ the turbo, things such as a downpipe, exhaust, etc, that kinda stuff can help out on boost numbers, also can help on the time it takes to spool the turbo. also, the boost controller is also a very effective method. FYI, iono if you know, but all a turbo timer does is really let the engine cool down after use...you turn the car off and get otu...but the car stays on, and shuts down after X amount of time...but anyway....

now then, upping the boost on a blower is different...you do need to change the pulley. now, you can either get a smaller supercharger pulley...which makes the belt spin at the same speed, but pulls the blower into more rotations...oooooor...you can get a larger crank pulley, which will spin the blower faster, thus upping the boost....um...a boost controller will do nothing for a supercharged engine...

um...i think that's it...anymore questiosn, just holla...

-John-