Miata Mailing List: May 1994, Message #64
sponsored by



     


   From: Jeff Maurer 
Subject: Re: PERFORMANCE UPGRADES
   Date: Tue, 3 May 1994 18:28:19 -0400

> Greg Strick suggested that a $2,500 supercharger would do wonders to improve
> performance. As far as it goes, he's right, but the numbers indicate that you
> will in fact get even better performance, in a Miata anyway, from a
> turbocharger for the same price. At least the numbers I've seen.
I think that this is true, but when you talk price you have to factor in
the difference in installation too.  A big part of the attraction to
the supercharger idea lies in not having to yank the engine, muck with the
exhaust manifold, etc.  My sense is that there is a lot less grief associated
with installing and maintaining the supercharger.  Turbos are a bit more
finnicky (an orderly shutdown after a hard run to avoid galling, etc.)
            _
            /        Jeff Maurer, Staff Analyst
     _  ___/ _ __   Manufacturing & Engineering Apps
     / /  / / / /  Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
    / /__/_/   /  Internet: jdm@sequent.com  Uucp: ...!uunet!sequent!jdm
 __/             (503) 578-5062

"Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand."
 Ignorance and prejudice and fear go hand in hand."
Neal Peart, RUSH