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Originally Posted by PWMAN
While most people will say go with a turbo, I say stick with the SC. All this crap about the crank loss driving the SC is BS. On a 300 HP honda you might loose 10 HP, and the fact there is no turbo lag I would take that loss. Centrificals are so advanced now, with technology, that they are taking over in the market.
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10 hp? heres a desciption and definition of parasitic loss from honda/acura performance, "
Parasitic Loss- A turbo harnesses this wasted energy to drive the compressor. Other compressors, such as superchargers, use a crank-driven pulley as a source of power. Though this loss can very low in low boost situations, the trouble is, supercharging can use up to 80 hp to produce the high boost levels needed to produce the awesome power these engines are capable of producing. This 80 hp is taken right off of the crank and subtracted from the total amount of horspower the engine produces. The loss of power caused by superchargers is called a
parasitic loss " (1999, p86).