Any Turbo Owners?

OrecaGTS-R/T

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Vipers of course, with so many Supercharger kits becoming available and purchased, i was wondering if there are any current VCA members with Turbo Vipers? As far as i know, the only Turbo Vipers around are the Hennessey Venom 800 (currently 1 built), the SVSi Stryker ( 2 built - rumor said 1 burnt down) and the uncompleted Twin Turbo car worked by Grants Performance. After realising the lack of turbo options, are there any owners out there and how do they fair against the supercharger cars?
 

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A turbo car will definitely make more HP and torque than a supercharged car,superchargers have parasitic drag which is caused because it is driven by the crankshaft,so it takes HP to make HP,turbos are driven by the exhaust therefore you don't have the belts and pullies to worry about.
also belt-driven centrifugal blowers don't make full boost till near redline,turbos make full boost around 2800 rpm therfore making more HP/torque under the curve,the bottom line is nothing beats a intercooled turbosystem for streetable power.
 

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