[mustangmallory]

Turbos are more effecient and adjustment in tuning is easier. I've always had better fuel mileage with a turbo, as you can drive around without being in boost all the time. The piping really isn't that bad if you take the time to plan out your setup. Biggest thing, the same with superchargers, prochargers, etc, is you gotta know what your engine is capable of before cranking up the boost and hoping for the best. You throw a big turbo onto a stock more and shoot for the stars, well your piston rods are going to be the only thing close to heaven.

 

[mustangmallory]

If you're truly worried about sppol time, there are ways of fixing this. As mentioned before, sizing the turbo to your application is the first step. After that, in a racing application, a shot of gas with the use of trans brake or line lock will eliminate spool time off the line. As far as eliminating spool time driving down the road, well if you have any with a V8, you simply messed something up building your engine. Like 05RedDevil said, a supercharger creates a constant load on the motor, which can be highly undesirable at times.

 

[mustangmallory]

are you kidding? turbos love the cold! as far as reliability, it's pretty even play for both, just depends on the typical stuff....build, quality of parts, tune, etc

 

[mustangmallory]

navy...why are you worried about the resale of a turbo car...a car doesn't go down in value cuz you change it to a turbo setup. i'm speaking from experience as i tend to buy and sell cars often as a hobby. turbo cars have spectacular resale!