172 throttle bodies or supercharge

[livio]

as the title read,s the problem is who can do it ive e-mailed 10 or so firms and realy an no further on,i have the funds and it must be in the south as i live in bournemouth

 

[Bryan]

have you spoken to GMC motorsport, i know they have a healthy supply of superchargers and are willing to take on most jobs

 

[RobFenn]

But you can get well over 200bhp with throttle bodies, plus a gorgeous noise!

 

[paddymph]

GMC, there in scotland but SSC swear by em.....

 

[Craggy]

 

[Tom]

PLEASE:

SUPERCHARGE

Im sure gmc will help you out

 

[RobFenn]

Superchargers are so annoying

THROTTLE BODIES!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Craggy]

caught in the crossfire!

 

[BenR]

throttle bodies....no need for messing about for months on end with a charger, its ergh......too tight.

there is a place down south called stealth systems or something but i cant find the info......

 

[Tom]

your no fun

 

[Bryan]

its more fun when its tight



which is likely to give the biggest gain coupled with the best reliability??

i think that is more of an issue at the end of the day rather than sound



yeah GMC are in scotland, but i have been in Andy Knights s/c saxo and can safely say that is nothing short of amazing

 

[RobFenn]

But is that because of the supercharger or just the power?

 

[paddymph]

Supercharger= power!! in a Saxo anyway!! They fly like a beatch...

 

[viceroy]

Alrighty then. I live at very high altitude and regularly have a hard time with Golf4 GTI, A3 1.8T ad the like because they are all turbod.

Would Throttle bodies give me the edge again?

 

[teady172]

I would think a supercharger would do you more help. Dont superchargers/turbos handle altitude better then NA?!

 

[Steveold]

I think a nice bottle of NOS will do you nicely..... Cant beat it having canned air to force feed ya engine...

 

[RobFenn]

Yes because they dont use air, they use exhaust gases so altitude doesnt matter.

Id still have throttle bodies though, the noise they make is just pure evil

muahahaha!

 

[livio]

all the comments are good,but who can do it

 

[paddymph]

gmc

 

[livio]

gmc can supply a charger only with no fixing kit and there in scotland

 

[Elliot]

Which supplies the best performance (and will fit under the hood)? Supercharger or Throttle body?

 

[RobFenn]

Well it would depend on what supercharger and what throttle bodies you got..

 

[RobFenn]

BenR reckons 215bhp with good TBs so +45bhp, a GNC supercharger offers the same-ish.

 

[Simon]

I would go for the Supercharger if I had the money.

Look at these tuning packs for the cooper S which add an additional 40 bhp to the std. supercharger setup - extra tuning potential. I reckon you would need to ditch the air con. to make space for one at the front.

I remember getting a price for £800 for a brand new unit. Im pretty sure there is a guy on the forum from Europe that has had his 172 supercharged.