Originally Posted by KnightRider5.0
Alot of good information the thing that has me worried is a few guys say "turbos eat clutches" and "turbo cars are always broke for tuning issues." I'd like to do a turbo set the tune and go. Just worried once I make the FI jump ill just be poring money into a turbo car to keep it going faithfully.
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Turbo cars tend to be broke more often for some people because they are very easy to get greedy with. More power is as simple as a button push away. Also, the people "eating clutches" are usually brake boosting the shit out of them which yes, will eat clutches when you are brake boosting a car at 50-60mph at 15-20psi instantly putting 600-700ft lbs of torque into the clutch. DUH. lol. But if you drive it like a quasi-normal person it will last just as long as any other application. Again, it's in how you treat it.
With a blower car it's abit harder to get greedy having to take the belt off, switch pulleys, change the tune etc.
Turbo cars are also very, very addicting because of the power they make. The torque is usually very close to the HP numbers in a street car application.
With a roots style blower (whipple, kennebell, tvs, maggie etc) it's instant boost/torque, it makes its power and levels off on a nice flat curve. So when you get there it pulls hard at first, then kinda feels like it stops pulling.
A Centri blower (Vortech, Paxton or Procharger) it makes less torque and builds boost with RPM making better peak power, but less torque.
A turbo makes massive torque instantly and feels like it will never stop pulling. Getting the right setup is crucial for depending on how you plan to use it. (Spool time, bigger, smaller etc) A good, quality kit isn't going to be cheap, but you get what you pay for especially when it comes to turbo kits.