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Originally posted by DKNYJoey
My Last Car was A Pontiac GTP too RedRx8Guy. Boy do I miss that torque! I was Pushin' 300 Horses in that thing! Can't beat American Cars with their Torque.
My Last Car was A Pontiac GTP too RedRx8Guy. Boy do I miss that torque! I was Pushin' 300 Horses in that thing! Can't beat American Cars with their Torque.
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Originally posted by IZoomZoomI
lol haha yea i have to see that to believe it too. nt555? street radials? or track...
lol haha yea i have to see that to believe it too. nt555? street radials? or track...
#53
Originally posted by RX8-TX
Don't you mean the other way around? A turbo would represent a terrible lag, whereas an SC would represent INSTANT tq from low rpms?
I've seen plenty of SC'd stook owners on S2Ki, very few turbo'd
Don't you mean the other way around? A turbo would represent a terrible lag, whereas an SC would represent INSTANT tq from low rpms?
I've seen plenty of SC'd stook owners on S2Ki, very few turbo'd
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Originally posted by strangelove
because superchargers are belt-driven, they actually bog an engine down at first. most have a minimum required hp/torque number for the engine to even be able to turn them, but once it gets going, the FI kicks in and the supercharger works its magic. on a car with low torque numbers, high-boost superchargers aren't as effective as good turbos are.
because superchargers are belt-driven, they actually bog an engine down at first. most have a minimum required hp/torque number for the engine to even be able to turn them, but once it gets going, the FI kicks in and the supercharger works its magic. on a car with low torque numbers, high-boost superchargers aren't as effective as good turbos are.
I know SCs have parasitic losses (PL) but, TCs have to wait for exhaust gases to spin up the turbine. Therefore, unless you are already at a high rpm level, the SCs parasitic loss would have to exceed TC lag in order to be a disadvantage.
Damn, now I am confused again: I understand that high boost applications will be a big disadvantage for both (TC & SC) because of the 13B's nature but, at low boost (5~8 PSI) which FI method becomes more effective?
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this thread might clear some things up regarding centrifugal sc versus positive displacement sc's...https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...t=supercharger
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turbo "lag" only implies that the turbo is taking along time to spool up. the turbo itself isn't hampering the engine. with a supercharger, the engine has added stress until it reaches a high enough rpm to spool the sc up to the point it's actually adding boost.
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Thanks for the link. I found RG's writeup on the first page. :D
Alright, I just read that Positive Displacement SCs offer full boost from idle to redline. Isn't that a benefit against a centrifugal (TC) FI method?
Originally posted by IZoomZoomI
this thread might clear some things up regarding centrifugal sc versus positive displacement sc's...https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...ht=supercharger
this thread might clear some things up regarding centrifugal sc versus positive displacement sc's...https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...ht=supercharger
Originally posted by strangelove
turbo "lag" only implies that the turbo is taking along time to spool up. the turbo itself isn't hampering the engine. with a supercharger, the engine has added stress until it reaches a high enough rpm to spool the sc up to the point it's actually adding boost.
turbo "lag" only implies that the turbo is taking along time to spool up. the turbo itself isn't hampering the engine. with a supercharger, the engine has added stress until it reaches a high enough rpm to spool the sc up to the point it's actually adding boost.
#58
Originally posted by WTF no turbo
14.02 ill try to find the slip.No offence but if the cars you listed are accurate they all sound like high 12 to high 13 cars.Ive seen a sc s2k run a 12.53.
now the 14.02 was a 7500k bomb and i have 275 nt555 on the rear.
14.02 ill try to find the slip.No offence but if the cars you listed are accurate they all sound like high 12 to high 13 cars.Ive seen a sc s2k run a 12.53.
now the 14.02 was a 7500k bomb and i have 275 nt555 on the rear.
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OT: WTF no turbo, did you have the stock rims to go together with the 275s? Do they bubble out or look fat like some people say? I've seen a 275 on a yellow rx-8 but it had new rims on with it.
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with a supercharger, the engine has added stress until it reaches a high enough rpm to spool the sc up to the point it's actually adding boost.
A positive displacement SC application requires the throttle body to be relocated pre-blower. Therefore, you have maximum boost the instant you open the throttle. Superchargers do not "spool-up", and unless a Centrifugal is being used, are not RPM dependant.
This is one advantage of a SC over a turbo, and the reason why many engines with low torque numbers (Miatas, for one) benefit so much from them. The high end is already there, you simply fill in the bottom.
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Ito didn't produce a slip either... Lets see if you can and prove me wrong and produce a slip, til then I think you're full of crap. Maybe even some proof that you actually had these mods on your car. The thing I just don't get is why when you made this run you didn't post about it, and why you wouldn't have a slip for what would be the fastest run for an RX-8.
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Originally Posted by IkeWRX
Ito didn't produce a slip either... Lets see if you can and prove me wrong and produce a slip, til then I think you're full of crap. Maybe even some proof that you actually had these mods on your car. The thing I just don't get is why when you made this run you didn't post about it, and why you wouldn't have a slip for what would be the fastest run for an RX-8.
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Blah blah blah, and where's the link to your post with all the pics of your mods? Besides, at best you maybe are getting 10whp out of those mods even if you did have them, that with the drag radials is not going to give you a 14 flat.
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Originally Posted by IZoomZoomI
i'm with ike on this one, if I ran a 14.02 the first thing I do to the slip is frame it ![Smilie](https://www.rx8club.com/images/smilies/smile.gif)
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