here's what i've come to understand or at least interpret from my readings on ceg and stuff(i dont have a turbo, sc, or an engineering degree)
question? where does my svt make 200hp? at full throttle at max rpm? how much hp am i making at 3000rpm at full or half throttle?
I've always understood that u turbo small engines and supercharge large engines. becuz our engines are small, you turbo it (i dont know the reason why; just one of those things you p/u here and there and probably why the 03 cobra has an sc and not turbo)
to keep what i understand simple (this isn't an explanation just what i believe or came to believe from reading like i had said):
an sc produces max power at higher rpm (this is where I got the understanding of sc's being rpm dependant) whereas...
a turbo allows for max power at any rpm (i think and i'm assuming full throttle for the sc and turbo) beit 2k or 5k or 7k. this is why it is capable of producing more tq (cuz u can produce it immediately at full throttle).
so i'm driving along w/ my sc'ed car. i hit full throttle at 2k but i'm not producing the max that the sc can do. i have to keep on the throttle to raise the rpm to get the sc to produce/reach its full max power output.
so i'm driving along w/ my turbo'ed car. i hit full throttle at 2k and my car is already putting out max potential. i continue to push the throttle and at 5k the turbo is still putting out max power. i hit 7k and the turbo is still putting out max power.
(the turbo can produce/reach its max output potential at any rpm range, making it not directly rpm dependent. the sc HAS to hit higher rpm to produce/reach its max output potential)
does this make sense to anyone. am i oversimplifying. again, this is what i've come to think is right regarding sc vs turbo.
i think this is why most people prefer the turbo to sc.
does my explanation have any merit?
