Hi Gene,
You gotta forgive me, but I gotta ask. Since I am very very new to this whole mod thing going on, I gotta ask...What are the obvious reasons for a supercharger over a turbo? What are the differences?
My Pro5 is automatic anyway, and by reading the posts on this board, I have gotten the feeling that it really wont help much to do anything speedwise I guess. Someone put it nicely..."all show, no go..." Hahaha, I'm happy with that. I got my other car to drive fast in. But anyway, I really am curious to know what the differences are between turbo and supercharger.
Thanks for all your insight!
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Mainly the difference is that the S/C is a belt driven system, while the T/C is driven by exhaust gases. The point behind Forced induction is to put more air and more fuel into an engine, giving it more power. There are alot of things to look at when T/C or S/C, with the main ones being: Fuel Delivery, Fuel Management (ECU), Exhaust flow, and Internal Strength. It's never a matter of simply bolting on a S/C or T/C and getting huge gains.
The only bad thing about a supercharger on a small engine like the 2.0 is that you will actually have a loss in power at Low RPM's. Being belt driven the S/C benefits on a smaller engine are usually not really useful until up in the higher RPM's where you can build more boost and get a better Fuel/Air mixture. Think of the S/C as something like your power steering pump. It takes engine power to run that pump (belts turning), but the benefits of running an accesory like that are worth it. Well, running the S/C is much the same way, with usually 40% or gains in hp and tq on a stock motor. On a larger motor, like say an Lt-1 V8, enough torque is made to negate the force needed to run the S/C at slower speeds, unfortunately torque is something we don't have much of..
A T/C uses your exhaust gas to spin a turbine and create a certain amount of pressure to push fresh air into the engine. With a T/C you always have "lag time" (time it takes to build pressure to move more air in) which is gonna happen on any car, and depends on the size of the turbo, and size of the engine respectively. The T/C can give phenomenal gains with the proper tuning and precautionary engine enhancements (forged internals, ect.) The power delivery usually comes into effect rather abruptly and builds with engine Rpm.
Anyways, after owning a T/C car (86' Buick Grand National) and a car with an aftermarket S/C'ed car (1992 Pontiac Firebird GTA) I would recommend the T/C. The efficiency, power delivery, and overall performance of the T/C just seemed so much better in my personal experience.
Anyways, sorry this is so long, I am bored here at work and figured I would try and help. I am no expert by any means, but have used both with success and just figured I would share.
Good luck!
) and it pulled like a S.O.B. Enough to pitch me into the seat and quiet the salesman down from his pitch about all wheel drive. They're awesome cars, and with a little tuning would be something to reckon with even in a straight line race (something they weren't intended to do at all). It would have been nice if they'd used the 2.5 boxer engine instead. Oh well... 
