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[john@fatfab]

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[ben@fatfab]

This car is just amazing. Could I ask for fat house and your comments on your choice of turbos over supercharger. I'm sure you debated the merits of both. I really would like to do a twin-turbo setup although it does seem to cost substantially more than a supercharged setup.

Superchargers have their place on <700-800hp goal setups, and we use them a lot. Once you cross that threshold turbos begin to show their benefit.

Turbos are more efficient, they use wasted exhaust energy to produce power unlike superchargers that use engine power to spin them to create more power. In essence you can use up to 150hp of the engine to spin a supercharger at redline. A proper turbo setup will not do that. This results in less stress on the engine overall.

For example an 800hp TVS car is stressing the engine to the tune of a 950hp setup. This becomes very important for stock engine guys looking to max out the stock engine.

A proper turbo setup will also have a much better power band.

It wont create excessively high intake temps or require ice cooling systems to keep them cool.

Power and boost is adjustable at the touch of the button, no mechanical parts changes.

In the case of the Voodoo engine anything we can do to keep stress off the crank is a good thing. Putting an extra belt that has to be extremely tight on the front of your crank can cause you headaches.

I hope that answers some of your questions.

 

[EF300]

Superchargers have their place on <700-800hp goal setups, and we use them a lot. Once you cross that threshold turbos begin to show their benefit.

Turbos are more efficient, they use wasted exhaust energy to produce power unlike superchargers that use engine power to spin them to create more power. In essence you can use up to 150hp of the engine to spin a supercharger at redline. A proper turbo setup will not do that. This results in less stress on the engine overall.

For example an 800hp TVS car is stressing the engine to the tune of a 950hp setup. This becomes very important for stock engine guys looking to max out the stock engine.

A proper turbo setup will also have a much better power band.

It wont create excessively high intake temps or require ice cooling systems to keep them cool.

Power and boost is adjustable at the touch of the button, no mechanical parts changes.

In the case of the Voodoo engine anything we can do to keep stress off the crank is a good thing. Putting an extra belt that has to be extremely tight on the front of your crank can cause you headaches.

I hope that answers some of your questions.

Thank you, what is the turbo lag like on the current set-up you are running ?

 

[TaraFirma]

Interested in turbo lag too, but I imagine it's almost non existent.

 

[TonyJ5150]

Interested in turbo lag too, but I imagine it's almost non existent.

Correct...No Lag..push down and hold on...

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