going to install a 6.2 in my 04 rcsb 2wd i'm set on FI, have nitrous on my zo6 and its a PITA bottle temps, filling bottles, pressure loss, take bottles out put them in yada yada yada

i'm looking for the pro's and con's of each?

i'm looking for 600+ rwhp reliable street friendly daily, turbo's are badass but i'm getting feedback that there high maintenance & melt any thing near them. blowers i hear get heat soaked and have belt slip problems

so please post what you have? how reliable is your setup? what problems you've had? how much power you making? (1/4 mile stats would be awesome)

thanks

 

Clearly the best route would be a procharger.

 

While I can't say I haven't burned up anything with my turbo, it's not that bad and not much maintenance either IMO.

 

how many miles have you put on your setup? how often are you fixing something?

 

You dont have belt slip issues with a blower if everything is set up correctly. The guys that have issues most of the time are trying to push their blower too hard for their belt system, dont have the correct tensioner or tension, or have the wrong size belt installed. Once its installed and set up correctly, basically forget about it.

You will want at least a 2.3L size blower for that power level, either a tvs2300 or a whipple 2.3 or 2.9 will do. All blowers get hot, but heat soak as an issue is a relative thing. If you are wanting to hot lap at the track you might want to look into an ice box setup or something. Generally on long pulls IATs get warmer with blowers, but if you want to invest in a meth kit it is really a non issue. Same with prochargers or turbos, they all get hot.

 

yeah i'm only considering 2.3 or bigger "if" i go blower route, still not sure witch way i want to go?

i've herd horror stories about both blowers killing crank bearing, crank pulleys flying off & turbo's having fitment issues, leaks, melting stuff and harder to dial in

i dont mind "some" up keep just want a really reliable setup that i can drive across country if i wanted to with out needing my tool chest or a bunch of spare parts once the kinks was worked out

 

The only setup I would do that with is a blower. With that said I have taken 4-5 hour road trips with a turbo and been fine, albeit a little nervous.

 

Would that statement also hold true for a relatively mild turbo setup? I know that nothing is mild about a 600 hp setup, but what about say a small turbo/mild cam setup around 450-500 hp or so? I ask because those goals are very much in line with mine. I want a setup that I can daily drive and use for 500-600 mile trips with routine maintenance.

 

An Opinion from the tubro camp here, lol. I've had turbos and blowers on my personal daily driver for the last 14 years. I've driven this truck to all ends of the country and won't hesitate to jump in it right now and drive it from Oregon to Florida. As long as everything is properly maintained and things are built right, there is no issues with any of it. I don't melt stuff with the turbo, it doesn't break or fall apart all the time, I have had very few issues with any of my setups and only thing that ever left me walking with my truck was a broken output shaft on a 4l60e transmission! lol

 

You would be fine with either of them really. Just my opinion that in general blowers are much less maintenance but either can be a headache if they arent set up right to begin with. Its hard to beat the top end feeling of a turbo though, thats for sure