N/A vs. blown vs. drive life
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Torque is what breaks stuff....most of the time. Alot of supercharged engines can have the same horsepower as NA engines but, the supercharged engine will, a lot of times, have more torque than the NA.
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Blower motors always produce more torque.
That is why a blower boat will always out accelerate an N/A boat even if HP is the same.
That is why a blower boat will always out accelerate an N/A boat even if HP is the same.
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Forced induction motors of similar peak power will have a ton more area under the curve....alot more torque across the lower and middle RPM's and more peak torque as well. You need a much better breathing N/A motor to make similar HP because its simply relying on much less atmospheric pressure to fill the cylinders....
As others have already mentioned....boosted motors come on harder and to directly answer the OP's original question will have a far easier time breaking parts than a similar output N/A application which will never hit as hard.
However, a blown SBC compared to say a well designed large cubic inch big block will be very similar in torque and power output and in that situation, the larger N/A engine might even be worse because it wont even need fractions of a second for boost to build.....it will hit like a freight train instantaneously.
But this argument only applies to a much larger displacement N/A application....when discussing the same or similar CID, the blown motor gets the nod for breaking parts....LOL
-Tony
As others have already mentioned....boosted motors come on harder and to directly answer the OP's original question will have a far easier time breaking parts than a similar output N/A application which will never hit as hard.
However, a blown SBC compared to say a well designed large cubic inch big block will be very similar in torque and power output and in that situation, the larger N/A engine might even be worse because it wont even need fractions of a second for boost to build.....it will hit like a freight train instantaneously.
But this argument only applies to a much larger displacement N/A application....when discussing the same or similar CID, the blown motor gets the nod for breaking parts....LOL
-Tony