Thread: Paint or Supercharger?

Originally Posted by damen

lol, this is the only place I've ever been where 0-60 in 4.9 seconds on a stock car is considered slow...

and exactly how many of those hondas were stock?

I want to be clear, I was leaning towards the supercharger.

That said, the more people call the car slow, the more I want to get the paint to be a dick

should I also mention that my past cars have been features in movies, and that my lotus will almost certainly also be (my wife's is..).. so looks DO matter at least a little bit

None were stock, I didn't say they were.

What movie? The Fast and the Curious? lol

Originally Posted by damen

twin screw
centrifugal superchargers are dumb

it all in how you want the power brought in, twin screw brings it in lower the in the RPM band then centri's.

Originally Posted by pcasey06

it all in how you want the power brought in, twin screw brings it in lower the in the RPM band then centri's.

yeah but if you're going centrifugal, I really feel like "why didnt you just get a turbo?"

Originally Posted by damen

yeah but if you're going centrifugal, I really feel like "why didnt you just get a turbo?"

valid point.

You get the lag/delay from a centri, just like a turbo, but turbo will benifit from more power and realiability, b/c it doesnt take power to make power.

Y wont u turbo the car? its basically free hp.

despite driving a lotus, I'm a torque junky. And since I mostly drive on the street, 0-60 is way more important to me than top-end. so a twin screw supercharger makes a lot of sense.

hah gotcha. makes sense.

what boost are u going to run, and how much power is it supposed to make?

the BWR kit will take me from ~160 at the wheels to ~220. When I move up to the VF stage 1 (which is mostly just a pulley swap/tune change), I go up to 280 at the wheels. If I decide I want stage 2 I'll go to 295.

The VF kit runs like 7.5 psi.. I think the BWR kit is 4, but I dont immediately recall the number.

not bad, and its a light ass car, so it'll move.

yeah, supposedly will be a bit quicker 0-60 than a 911 turbo (with the VF kit, that is). good enough for me

Supercharger!