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rez333 · 03-13-2012, 05:41 PM

I'm still unclear which is better: SC or TC. Ultimately it's a cost/benefit issue, but American performance cars usually have SC, and European performance cars usually have Turbo, so I'm confused.

A Super Snake with 750HP at the crank makes about 650HP at the wheels, at 17PSI. According to your video, a 5.4 PSI Hellion on a 5.0L engine can make almost that power. I don't understand then why Ford/Chevy use superchargers that appear to be inferior? I am obviously not seeing the rationale that the Ford/Chevy engineers are using to justify their use of a supercharger over a turbo.

03-13-2012, 05:41 PM	#3
rez333 Drives: 2013 ZL1 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: St. Joseph Posts: 1,283	I'm still unclear which is better: SC or TC. Ultimately it's a cost/benefit issue, but American performance cars usually have SC, and European performance cars usually have Turbo, so I'm confused. A Super Snake with 750HP at the crank makes about 650HP at the wheels, at 17PSI. According to your video, a 5.4 PSI Hellion on a 5.0L engine can make almost that power. I don't understand then why Ford/Chevy use superchargers that appear to be inferior? I am obviously not seeing the rationale that the Ford/Chevy engineers are using to justify their use of a supercharger over a turbo. Last edited by rez333; 03-13-2012 at 06:02 PM.