supercharged automatic vs N/A manual?

Ok, so before this thread gets locked, does anyone actually know of any direct comparisons between the two quantifiable or otherwise? Maybe dynos back to back, drag racing, personal experience, etc.?

Most forced induction applications make a bigger difference in power than that. If you can still use the factory sized injectors, it's not making that much of a difference in power *for a form of forced induction*


I really am curious what kind of difference there is between the two. Maybe in the video I watched the engine wasn't in tip top shape, maybe he had tall tires and didn't regear. Maybe I'm purely just way off by gauging the speedometer, that's why I made this thread.

 

^The G-force is what gets me when driving a fast car.

However the only "fast" car I've driven was a S2000.

 

i got a S/C on my truck 98 4x4 taco 3.4 Automatic with 33 inch duratrac tires with a 6 inch lift. I cant really tell you if its faster then a Manuel trans taco because no one ever wants to race me because they see that i have the S/C gauge. but i did race a Nissan titan and i did beat him bad that he rolled up his window and didn't want to race anymore he was showing off to his girlfriend

 

[/QUOTE]Haha if your in Moab, well have to find some legal place to test this out [/QUOTE]

im going to the moab event in may well have to do a trail race trophy truck status

 

haha as long as it is straight and smooth and legal


[/QUOTE]I think i know who would win. . .[/QUOTE]

who ??????? if your racing to i bet you will kill me you got a S/C and Manuel tranny so ya ill say jberry813 but who knows

 

ohboy stickers are the best mods out there i only got the SUBLIME sticker of the mushroom sun

 

true

why is that ????

 

An automatic will only yield a higher top speed if your gearing is what's limiting you. Unless you have a heavily modified vehicle in both power and gearing, top speed is generally limited by power, not running out of gear.

IMO what it really comes down to is that the supercharger does make a very significant difference in power, but how much has that advantage diminished after you take into consideration then manuals advantages of:

1. Much less parasitic power loss
2. More mechanical advantage through gearing
3. Being able to stay in exactly the rpm range you want
4. Harder launch

 

lol i like the D-Bag sticker

 

You willing to trade stickers? Haha. I have a bunch of stickers as well.

 

Anyone have a video of two identical tacos, one manual the the other a/t, doing multiple strip runs with the numbers?