Don't get me wrong, I am not talking sh!t about SC (superchargers). In fact, I think SC is a very good alternative to TC (turbocharging). All im saying is that if I had the choice, I would definetly go with the turbo. I know plenty of cars that came OEM SC and really impressed me. But like I said, as far as the fun factor is concerned, you can't compare it to turbos, especially if your talking about aftermarket TC where it is common to find a company that can give you 100whp by just adding their TC. Now how big of a belt and pulley do you have to run to get that kinda power out of your SC and at that kind of output, what do you think will be more a effiecient, a SC or TC? I would say that the TC is more efficient because it takes alot more for a SC to make that kinda power then a TC. As far as the "after problems" are concerned, IMO, you run into those type of problems because of two things: first of all is that when people turbo their cars, they automatically think they have a race car and they race everywhere they go. Because it is turbo, you have to take even better care of it and not ABUSE it or else its not going to last. For example, you can't miss your oil changes, use only good oil and good gasoline, make sure you have good sparkplugs in it all the time, have a clean oil, fuel, and air filter. These things are required for having a turbo car but then again, if you care about your car, these are things that you should always do anyway wether or not you have a turbo or SC so in actuality, its not really extra maintenance. For people that are not into maintaining their car like I am then I guess SC is the way to go. In a way when you SC, you just set it and forget it. Second, I have heard of some people that spend all this money on putting a turbo on their car but they go cheap in some critical areas of the turbo kit, for example the fuel system. Everyone here should know and if they don't know, the fuel system is the most important aspect of forced induction cars. If you do decide to turbo your car, do it the right way eventhough it might cost more to do it. Like I said, all of this is IMO so please don't read anything into it, im just glad that the TSX community has a place to go to get other peoples opinions. As for all you SC TSX's, I hope we can have some stoplight confrontations someday... =)
Keep her at the req. stage one boost level and make sure you have the proper gauges so you can keep an eye on things to make sure no problems. Also remember nothing lasts forever, so parts will have to be upgraded/replaced with time.
