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View Poll Results: which sound do you prefer?
Positive Displacement Blower,S/C
30.95%
Centrifugal S/C
10.71%
Turbo (front mount or butt)
60.71%
other
4.76%
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Do you like the sound of a Blower or a Turbo better?

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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 10:07 PM
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Default Do you like the sound of a Blower or a Turbo better?

which do you prefer? purely based on sound

this is a multiple answer poll

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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 10:10 PM
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Tough call... but I gotta go with the turbo at this point.

I haven't heard a maggie in person at 6200 rpm though
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 10:23 PM
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Turbo, with out a doubt!!! I LOVE that whistle!
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 10:27 PM
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I'm kind a partial to this my self
http://videos.streetfire.net/hottest...D0275DC7D8.htm
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 10:42 PM
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it will be interesting to see if a turbo guy pics a blower, or if a blower guy pics a turbo.

My vote is Positive Displacement Blower, to many reruns of The Road Warrior I guess, or maybe it was that blown 67vette I used to see all the time as a kid, or maybe it was that famous movie line "Hit the Blower!" LOL
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 10:45 PM
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Having owned 2 types of blowers and a turbo I would say on a street car I love the sound of a turbo better BUT a big block with a 10-71 or larger roots style blower takes the cake.

Buddy's big block roots blown Nova (now run 7.60s)
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 10:59 PM
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There is a white RCSB around here with a 6.0 and a procharger that sounds BadAss. I also l love the sound of boost coming out of a blow off valve...be it from a blower or turbo.
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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 11:34 PM
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centrifugal....I've got a Procharger so I'm hooked on it.
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The blower sounds kickass, but I could not deal with that much whine all the time. The turbo makes some really awesome sounds other than the whistle, like your wastegate, and the BOV.
When I hear a blower it always reminds me of the gear driven cam a friend of mines Vette had. Cool but too much for me.
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Old Mar 20, 2006 | 01:08 AM
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Originally Posted by F8L Z71
Having owned 2 types of blowers and a turbo I would say on a street car I love the sound of a turbo better BUT a big block with a 10-71 or larger roots style blower takes the cake.

Buddy's big block roots blown Nova (now run 7.60s)
Why did you switch from the trurbo to a blower?
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