Originally Posted by mean-azz-acura
turbos leave room for almost endless expansion down the road where SC are very limited for boost options. if you know you can live with only a small amount of upgrade in pressure then go for it. you dont seem to want a turbo so the only other decent alternative would be the SC. your money spent on something else wouldnt give anything close to the gains that come with boost. on top of that, they sound so damn cool...
Not true. Yes... you can "turn up the boost" on a turbo. But if you don't have the engine modifications to support the increase cylinder pressure, you'll wind up hurting the engine. If you did do some major upgrades to the engine for more boost, that same turbo might not be the proper turbo for the new application. Just because you can run 8-10 psi on a stock engine, it's very possible that "turning up the boost" on that particular turbo may not benefit you as well as you might think with the new engine. A turbo can lose it's effectiveness if not matched properly to the engine.
As far as being limited on boost options on a supercharger, a simple pulley swap will give you the added boost that you need. Keep in mind that a supercharger does have it's limitations how my many rpms (not engine rpms, but supercharger rpms) it can spin. If you are reaching the maximum rpms that a supercharger can be spun, it's best to upgrade your supercharger as you do not want to over-spin the supercharger as damage may occur and it will lose it's efficiency.
