Originally posted by RELENTLESS1214:
Like most i feel that with the s/c extra wear comes with the territory. i ve seen supercharged/ turbocharged and even motors with NOS go beyond 100000 miles i ve also seen them blow in under 10000 the first and formost reason was how its driven
also mods like exaust and intakes do add more stress to a motor,it is however very minor in comparision to charging or using nos. with an intake or exaust you are allowing the motor to flow better which increases hp, with a charger or nos you forcing more air and fuel then a motor could normally ingest.
and for the comment on race car motors as i recall it was a few years ago but during the indy 500 there was a driver who was running a motor that already had 2 races under its belt (without being rebuilt) and i belive he placed in the top five....at the time it was big news as the commintators kept bringing it up and that they couldnt belive it held together for over three races
in the end i dont feel the s/c is completely to blame and if you install one you are taking the risk to blow the motor. but havent we seen many failures with out one as well? :p
well, if you pick and choose your data to match up to your argument you will win everytime. i think people are speaking more in the general. you could probably find an incident where a supercharged nos race engine driven at 10,000rpm went for 50,000 miles with nothing more then a tune up. But so what. Stop using single case arguments to support a general case. 1 supercharged engine blew, was it because of the supercharger? most likely not. race engines have the possibility of running more then one race, is it the norm, i think not. Sometimes things just happen. Brad's motor blew up, ok, i feel bad for brad, but i think everyone needs to get over it and stop using a single case to back/drive their comments. If you don't know that forced induction has the potential to decrease engine life then you have no business adding forced induction to your engine. End of story. Like mark said, every peformance mod you do is in some way eating away at the life of your car. I really think it is time someone closed this thread (and similar threads) until more information is available. Brad Noon hasn't even examined his bearing(s) to determine the exact cause yet!
