Supercharged = SLOW

[maxmeerkat]

You`ve hit he nail on the head Gorilla.
My car starts to feel less rapid after 7 mins going around Coombe.
Stateside drivers are using methanol cooled systems now to compensate for this.
Most of these superchargers (especially the Vortech types) tends to make power and torque in the higher rev range (circa above 4000 rpm ) so its great down a long straight but unless you`re a great driver you`ll end up braking earlier and and praying for grip as you try and power out of it.
However on long fast circuits such as the nurburgring , i`m told heatsoak is not a major issue....

Oh and the whole system (supercharger and manifold )weights around 40kgs.
Anthony had the stage 1 VT2 supercharger kit which made about 400bhp on the DD. It would struggle to beat a CSL imho

[shimmy]

Originally Posted by maxmeerkat

You`ve hit he nail on the head Gorilla.
My car starts to feel less rapid after 7 mins going around Coombe.
Stateside drivers are using methanol cooled systems now to compensate for this.
Most of these superchargers (especially the Vortech types) tends to make power and torque in the higher rev range (circa above 4000 rpm ) so its great down a long straight but unless you`re a great driver you`ll end up braking earlier and and praying for grip as you try and power out of it.
However on long fast circuits such as the nurburgring , i`m told heatsoak is not a major issue....

Oh and the whole system (supercharger and manifold )weights around 40kgs.
Anthony had the stage 1 VT2 supercharger kit which made about 400bhp on the DD. It would struggle to beat a CSL imho

AND WHAT DID I TELL YOU = SLOW!

if they last 7 minutes, the tyres are hardly warm!

[maxmeerkat]

Maybe i should stick a V8 engine in the car instead......Or just stick to drag racing

[shane@mbtech]

Sc are for slow people who lack skill and need to be at the end of the straight 3 seconds Ahead so they can only be 1 second behind coming out of the corner.

[shane@mbtech]

Ps why do you think I bought Gtr etc.

I'm shit too

[CraigMillwardCroft]

Originally Posted by lawsy

Sc are for slow people who lack skill and need to be at the end of the straight 3 seconds Ahead so they can only be 1 second behind coming out of the corner.

[LeinsCSL]

I will be talking to someone next week who has a s/c CSL over here, and going to try and get them down to Munich next year

And he's far from slow on track, even in a standard (my) CSL

[shimmy]

Originally Posted by lawsy

Sc are for slow people who lack skill and need to be at the end of the straight 3 seconds Ahead so they can only be 1 second behind coming out of the corner.

[alexk]

I am planning to put a SC to my Z3 coupe shimmy.

It's going to be interesting

[shane@mbtech]

Originally Posted by alexk

I am planning to put a SC to my Z3 coupe shimmy.

It's going to be interesting

It will be good to get a comparison between the 2.