im just trying to get an idea...the outcome wont necesecerally be what i do but its just a lil bit of help...supercharge or turbocharge...what do u think is better for a daily driver

 

For everyday driving a SC is easier to maintain and keep tuned. A turbo can put out more power but it also produces way too much heat and it has more associated parts to adjust.

 

I would say go with a mild turbo for a horsepower boost and efficiency gains for daily driver use. Your cruising fuel efficiency will probably get better with such a turbo, but only if you can keep your size 11 off of the go button Superchargers have their pluses, too, like no lag time and simplicity.

It all comes down to personal preference...

 

if you dont want to mess around with having a shop fab up piping for your turbo, then go supercharged.

 

depends on how your gonna want to drive it

Supercharged = low end torque, your getting power in the low end like no other. Not very many people SC, because the turbo is much more efficient power wise.
I would supercharge just because it would be more rare.

Turbo charged = top end, lots of it (depending on the size of it)
small turbo, less lag (quicker boost)
bigger turbo more lag (you can drive it nice, but if you want, you can step on it)

my .02
I think its really up to your preference

 

For the street I would put a nice supercharger on my 01 max
If I was building my max for the track I would turbo or twin turbo it
I think I will just go with natural aspiration and upgrading parts. I can get atleast 300 hp out of it then maybe a super charger.

If the question is what will get you the most hp. Deffinatley the twin turbo.

 

tt max.... have you done research on how difficult that is?...
im surprised you didnt suggest bi-charged

 

300 HP N/A ?

Where have I ever seen this / ?

 

Actually, the only SCs available for the Maxima are roots-type, which means that boost linearly increases with engine speed, giving you stock low-end, mildly increased midrange and screaming high-end. A properly sized turbo will spool up quicker and give you more low-end and midrange, and of course more power psi for psi since it's not being run off the crank.

Also, to the OP, both turbos and supers give you boost.

 

why are all these noobs trying to go turbo and supercharged right after they hook up that little intake mod, and see all those videos of maximas on you tube and street fire.

 

roots type? wtf do you even know what a roots type supercharger is and no the ones they have for maximas are centrifigual, unless you do a roots type setup i think only one guy did that on the max .

 

For a daily driver, i think SC is the way to go, it has proven to be much more reliable. Although im not saying a properly setup turbo will not be reliable, because it can be, but it will require a lot more attention where as a SC will require a less. Either way the VQ responds very well to boost. Either one you do im sure you will be more then happy with the results!

The only supercharger available is a centrifugal design by vortech(also known as half turbo), only one member did a roots-type blower(positive displacement), and he only got to drive it once before it was destroyed in a car accident

Im sure Morpheus knew what he was talking about, just put roots-type instead of centrifugal lol.

 

^^ I remember somebody jking about that saying that somebody tried S/Cing there max and they never heard from him again

 

IIRC someone worked a roots type onto their max, i believe it was a 4th gen. Don't quote me though.

My .02 is to 3.5 swap it. More reliable for daily driving and in general, plus you can get a lot of power out of it and it doesnt sound not-stock if you dont want it to.

 

SC it is more uniqe

 

DO IT!!!!!!

 

This is a roots supercharger that Nissan did for the Frontier and Xterra. But, it's for the 3.3L SOHC engine -works good in my tow truck, though.

 

full suspension is better than both.....

 

S/C will slaughter your pockets for gas money [so i've heard] but turbo will have higher power output w/ still decent mpg

 

Huh ??

 

oh nothing

 

from what i was told a turbo is better if you are driving a manual because the spool is stronger and a supercharger is better for auto for whatever reason i am not sure if that is correct but that is just what i was told

 

is this true?

 

Its the opposite.
S/C is better for manuel because they spool faster(instant almost)
Turbo needs to be spooled up between each shifts.

But this is not the only factor that determines if you need a SC or a TC.

Small turbo that spool rapidly will kill your engine top end.
Big turbo will need a lot of exhaust gas to spool up and will kill you low end.
Matching a TC to an engine is not as easy as it sounds.

My colt/mirage is equipped with a ball bearing Trim50 turbo on a 2.0liter engine, it spools at around 3800 rpm. But it starts building boost at 2500rpm.

I dont know supercharge that much, but they do spool faster and the pull is instant. But they will become restrictive at very high rpms.

Turbos have my heart, but a turbo setup on a max is expensive due to the enormous amount of piping that needs to be done. This is why i vote for T/C on these cars.

 

My bad, little mix-up there. Roots-type in Maximas would be pretty sweet though, get a nice whine on WOT. The point stand though, unless you go crazy, SCed Maximas will have stock low-end but will take off when you redline them.

As to the auto/manual SC/turbo, there's waaay more to it than that. Both autos and manuals have gone SCed and turboed, but I'd say an auto will shine better with a turbo and a super will shine better with a manual. Whether you will want a turbo or supercharger shouldn't depend on whether you're auto or stick.

 

....or a boosted 3.5. Yummy!

 

well i only lose about 2 psi between shifts with my turbo. I a comon misonception about vortecs is there is no lag. They still have lag just no where nere a turbo. They are turbos bult belt driven. Supercharge for simplicity turbo for power.

 

surpercharging is so much better and easier. turbos are just more common to the import scene.

 

Um no. Turbos are more effiecient than superchargers all day but a supercharger is easier to install.

 

i laugh at your post! haha TT max.. LOLS

 

The only person with a roots type blower on there max was craig mack... The vortech supercharger for the maxima is a centrifugal type supercharger.

 

That is probably the gayest thing I read on this forum this month.

 

centrifugal type supercharger= belt driven turbo fyi.

 

thank you captain obvious

 

i like supercharger over turbo but everybody has their own liking.

 

WTF, This post has some of the most useless info and total BS Ive seen in a long time.

 

Ha ha ha thats funny.

 

both!

 

 

Turbo your roots supercharger