astrochimp said:
with the turbo..u have to deal with the added heat.
you can buy a belt driven supercharger to give you as much boost as you can afford
With a decent sized turbo, the heat won't be an issue. Combine turbo with intercooler and enough fuel, maybe some forged this and that in the engine and you'll have easily enough power to start breaking down gearboxes etc.
I won't say you can't do that with SC, because most certainly you can. Rafi (RR-Racing) is a good example of having real power out of a SC, but even he has forged stuff in his engine. Same goes with boost guru Joe Kamman and his PGT. Both machines kicks arses and rocks balls.
But from what I've seen, TC cars usually tend to have somewhat more power on the same boost. Also, I'm not exactly sure if everyone knows what they are wanting when they want instant boost - usually mentioned with superchargers. With my small turbo, the loss of traction was ALWAYS a problem when launching. With my T4, the power comes out smoother and it isn't that much of a stress to the engine either.
Just my 0.02 €uros.
Mici