Turbo charging vs. Supercharging

[KenP]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by h2sin:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by KenP:
The SC can be purchased, installed and warranted by your dealer for under 6k in many instances. I have not seen any single turbo setup for that price WITH a warranty. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Why is that?

Reliability issue maybe? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>No, cost. Essentially, installing a supercharger requires removing the intake, installing new built-in intercooler with SC, injectors, coolant lines and programming.

Installing a turbo system requires new exhaust manifolds/headers, intake or plenum, injectors, taping into the engine's oil resevoir, finding a suitable location for and installing an intercooler, extensive plumbing, programming, turbo and wastegate.(I could nit-pick all day on the small parts and such. )

As far as reliability goes. I've never experienced a turbo failure. Including many runs with no filter on the car. I treated them badly, even leaving them on the workbench for months on end only to reinstall them later while experimenting.

I have experienced bearing problems on my SC. Which, BTW, Magnussen did NOT cover. LPE took care of it, though. Even saying they had seen similar problems on other vehicles recently with the same SC.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> Originally posted by GeorgeSSSS:
Has anyone owned both a turbo charged H2 and a supercharged one? -- -- or driven one of each? A comparison of the two systems responsiveness and other issues would be worth reading. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
GeorgeSSSS, have you gotten what you wanted out of your question?

BTW, how many production car models are supercharged versus the number that are turbocharged? Turbos' win it hands down.