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.

[3TST]

I knew I had some info on this somewhere - Tuning Guide magazine (French).

As has been said before:
The turbo works off Exhaust Gases.
The Supercharger (Compressor) works of a Pulley and belt.

The Supercharger gives you a much better acceleration because it does not have any lag like a Turbo. Having said that the Turbo gives you better high end performance.

Approx. hp figues (and I mean approximate) are that a Turbo will give you up to @150hp where as a Supercharger will give you up to @100hp.

As far as cost is concerned, I think that you will find that a Supercharger setup is cheaper than a Turbo setup. (Less parts).

Another point to consider is that Turbo setups already exist for our cars where as noone has gone the Supercharger route, therefore info. is available on Turbo kits and setup.

I guess it basically comes down to how you drive your car and what you want to gain.