Re: Supercharger, would you?
centrifugal supercharger is nothing more than a belt driven turbocharger, works MUCH better on EFI, but will work on carb engines that are set up right.<br />Roots type will work EASIER less complicated on a carbed engine (especially V8)due to the fact that the fuel/air mixture is mixed BEFORE boost. IE creates boost downstream from carb, turbos(centrifugal superchargers) create boost upstream. You can buy a carb designed for this however. It all boils down to how fast can you afford to go? regardless, they ALL require you to be good at tuning, which inevitably requires a computer of some sort or another to tune the setup for max HP. While carbs are known to make more MAX HP, EFI RULES IMHO, from a maintanance point of view as well as everyday drivability, turnkey starts, and fuel mileage, but from you post I get the feeling you dont care about fuel mileage. Also carb would need to be rejetted/reconfigured for use with a supercharger and you also have to consider that you have made a bunch of mods to your engine already, geared towards normal aspiration, if you have a relatively high compression already, you may not be able to use one in the current configuration. Also the cetrifugal superchargers originally were designed for added performance to an engine with no mods at all they run on bone stock engines. IMHO if you already have a performance engine adding one of those is fruitless, they are for guys that have stock engines, and want them to perform like the one you have now, without going thru all the work you already have done. Sound like you want a better holeshot while retaining top speed ability as well, ever thought about nitrous oxide?I would stay away from the cetrigugal one, but if i had the money Id have a roots type in the time it takes to stop a heartbeat. Yes I am a Mopar fan myself and I love nitrous oxide!!
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