Drawbacks to Superchargers?
6/19/10, 08:47 PM
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7/20/10, 05:45 AM
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Have you seen any drawbacks?
One obvious one is gas mileage; I know this obviously isn't the main point of the supercharger, but do you have any impression yet on how it impacts MPG?
On the same theme, would you see the blown car as a practical daily driver?
7/20/10, 09:42 AM
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so now that you've had it for a while, looping back to the original question --
Have you seen any drawbacks?
One obvious one is gas mileage; I know this obviously isn't the main point of the supercharger, but do you have any impression yet on how it impacts MPG?
On the same theme, would you see the blown car as a practical daily driver?
Have you seen any drawbacks?
One obvious one is gas mileage; I know this obviously isn't the main point of the supercharger, but do you have any impression yet on how it impacts MPG?
On the same theme, would you see the blown car as a practical daily driver?
1. Drawbacks? None!
2. Gas mileage remains the same, I can get about 230miles on one tank, if im not flooring it everywhere I go and just driving normal. But as we all know, all cars lose gas mileage when you floor it, and yes, if im in constant lead foot, i want to boost everywhere I go mode, the gas mileage will significantly drop especially in a turbo or supercharged car.
3. Practical daily driver... Who wouldnt want to drive a mustang everyday? In my honest opinion, there isnt anything practicle about a mustang. But one thing is for sure, I LOVE DRIVING ONE!
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7/20/10, 04:13 PM
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Daily driver status shouldn't be any different than before either, when you keep your foot out of the throttle then it isn't making boost so it will still maintain the same drivability as it had before the supercharger.
This all goes the same for any power adder.
7/20/10, 11:50 PM
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The fuel economy on a supercharged car should remain very close to what it was before the supercharger if driven soft, highway mileage in particular shouldn't go down.
Daily driver status shouldn't be any different than before either, when you keep your foot out of the throttle then it isn't making boost so it will still maintain the same drivability as it had before the supercharger.
This all goes the same for any power adder.
Daily driver status shouldn't be any different than before either, when you keep your foot out of the throttle then it isn't making boost so it will still maintain the same drivability as it had before the supercharger.
This all goes the same for any power adder.
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7/22/10, 09:30 AM
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If I was going to do some major mod like a supercharger, I wouldn't want a big penalty in fuel economy or reliability . . . since I would still need to use the car to get back and forth from work . . . sounds like I should expect neither, unless I was racing around all the time.
7/22/10, 06:49 PM
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I guess "practical" depends on what you need from your daily driver . . . for my daily commute to and from work, my GT is 100% practical -- it gets me there and back comfortably, reliably, and with reasonable fuel economy, and makes me look forward to the one-hour-each-way instead of dread it . . . I call that practical! I guess for carrying plywood or a bunch of people it wouldn't be very practical, but that's not what I need from it.
If I was going to do some major mod like a supercharger, I wouldn't want a big penalty in fuel economy or reliability . . . since I would still need to use the car to get back and forth from work . . . sounds like I should expect neither, unless I was racing around all the time.
If I was going to do some major mod like a supercharger, I wouldn't want a big penalty in fuel economy or reliability . . . since I would still need to use the car to get back and forth from work . . . sounds like I should expect neither, unless I was racing around all the time.
But I do have to disagree on your comment about "If I was going to do some major mod like a supercharger, I wouldn't want a big penalty in fuel economy or reliability" As stated earlier, the car can still be driven daily and have the same gas mileage as it would if there were no supercharger or turbo installed, as long as your not boosting it everywhere you go. Also with regards to reliability, having a supercharger or a turbo are very reliable! The only time any type of forced induction becomes "unreliable" is when people 1. Dont properly maintain it 2. Pushing more boost than required for that particular set up i.e pushing 20 psi without the needed engine work to back up the boost increase, when the kit is made to run at 10psi on stock internals. All in all, my 05 is supercharged and my 10 is supercharged and I drove both to and from work and everywhere else i need to go.
7/23/10, 08:56 AM
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Fuel economy will suffer alittle with any supercharger, even if you do not go into boost.. because you have the parasitic drag of turning the blower even when you're not using it.
I don't think I've done a full tank without ever going into boost, but my avg mpg has dropped from the low 20's to the high teens. My previous best tank was 29.2mpg and running on the same hwy, the same time of year, after the blower, the best she could muster was 23-24.
That being said, I wouldn't trade the blower for anything except maybe a twin turbo setup.
I don't think I've done a full tank without ever going into boost, but my avg mpg has dropped from the low 20's to the high teens. My previous best tank was 29.2mpg and running on the same hwy, the same time of year, after the blower, the best she could muster was 23-24.
That being said, I wouldn't trade the blower for anything except maybe a twin turbo setup.
7/23/10, 12:56 PM
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Fuel economy will suffer alittle with any supercharger, even if you do not go into boost.. because you have the parasitic drag of turning the blower even when you're not using it.
I don't think I've done a full tank without ever going into boost, but my avg mpg has dropped from the low 20's to the high teens. My previous best tank was 29.2mpg and running on the same hwy, the same time of year, after the blower, the best she could muster was 23-24.
That being said, I wouldn't trade the blower for anything except maybe a twin turbo setup.
I don't think I've done a full tank without ever going into boost, but my avg mpg has dropped from the low 20's to the high teens. My previous best tank was 29.2mpg and running on the same hwy, the same time of year, after the blower, the best she could muster was 23-24.
That being said, I wouldn't trade the blower for anything except maybe a twin turbo setup.
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7/23/10, 01:08 PM
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On my 04 after the blower, my city fuel economy did suffer by about 1-2 MPG because it is so hard to stay out of boost under acceleration, especially since the big push in my back feels so good. My highway mileage stayed pretty much the same as before the blower at 25-26 MPG.
With the blower on the car, it's all about self-restraint...
With the blower on the car, it's all about self-restraint...
7/23/10, 01:50 PM
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On my 04 after the blower, my city fuel economy did suffer by about 1-2 MPG because it is so hard to stay out of boost under acceleration, especially since the big push in my back feels so good. My highway mileage stayed pretty much the same as before the blower at 25-26 MPG.
With the blower on the car, it's all about self-restraint...
With the blower on the car, it's all about self-restraint...
7/23/10, 04:12 PM
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