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Pound for Pound of boost a turbo will make more power. S/C have an inherent parasitic loss...they require HP from your motor to spin, whereas turbos work off non-mechanical power...exhaust gases. If you want a car that basically looks and sounds stock go with a TT. If you don't mind a high rise hood and the blower whine go with a roots style blower. I would not recommend a centrifugal blower set up due to belt slipping/shredding issues and the fact that the most significant portion of the HP/TQ gain is in the top 1/3 of your RPM range.
Having had a TT car I can tell you that they are as tame as a stocker and completely undetectable...until you step on it. I had a guy on Kawasaki R900 pull up at a light and gun it...want to play. I gave him the nod. He dug me out of the hole for the first 150 feet at which time I reeled him in and changed from the far right lane to the far left lane. He was in the center lane and about that time he started looking back over his right should to see how far back I was just as I blew past him on the left. When we got to the next light the guy was just shaking his head in disbelief. We entered a six lane divided hwy (3X3) and did a couple of roll ons from 60MPH. I put 20 cars on him each time up to about 175MPH.
P.S. - I didn't do this regularly, nor do I recommend it. At the time the streets were empty...just me and him.
Also, there are several TT kits out there that will give you in the neighborhood of 600RWHP for less than $9000 professionally installed and tuned.
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