dizwiz24

Ive been super happy with my smallish p1-sc blower and meth/water injection on a stock bottom end manual car.

im no expert mechanic, but I installed it myself , tuned it myself, worked the bugs out and am confident enough that i daily drive it and trip it as well . 200 + miles from home. Have never needed towed. I was very proud of myself for this project

that said, ive been thinking down the road to a d1-x or even f series procharger / eventually needing a bottom end build which i will pull/install the motor myself

that said, what am i missing out with turbo (vs centrifugal blower) - is it just such a better experience that I should be going that route? Seems way more complicated, the car would be down longer as tubing needs bent/fabricated. I may need some kind of boost controller (ie. Added complication).

unlike the centrifugal, i WONT be able to do most of the work. It will cut into my other hobbies

then again, ive followed builds here and noted that once centrifugal guys go turbo - they dont seem to go back (to centrifugal).

any long term advice?

JetstreamGS

I’d save the money and keep what you have. If anything swap head units and turn up the boost.

MRSUPRA

I've had nothing but turbo cars including a twin turbo 5.0 mustang before my centri powered Corvette GS. Too me, the centri has better has better drivability with instant boost and a linear power curve. In my opinion, I don't see any reason for going turbo unless you want something different or want to make massive power.

schpenxel

Turbo's are cool and all but there just isn't a good simple way to package them on C6's compared to how easy centri setups are. I'd stick with centri. Do a D1X if you want to go the procharger route, even on a stock bottom end people are doing 900+ with those things on E85 and they're surviving

romandian

turbo will make more power (ceteris paribus). it has obvious disadvantages for a street car. often you end up trying to make the turbo behave like a centri. modern turbosystems behave like a pd blower, but thats another story.

silvrhand

what's the issue is it just not fast enough any more?

TRINIC5

With Turbo you will need AARP and a garage to store the car after breaking, it will not be reliable as any supercharger and from Transmission, Axles, Differential and scavenger pump issues will be a common problem, it will be great for experience

stevieturbo

Just go for the D1 or F1.

Much easier and you've already some parts in place anyway.