I've had both too. Agree with slowec... Magnuson install is so simple its silly. Nobody has yet to match, and probably never will, the engineering and support Magnuson uses to stand behind their product. Gas milage is about the same. Even with high gas prices I don't give a **** about gas milage. I'm having too much fun If you are worried about gas milage... trembling when you insert your Debit card at the pump then keep your engine stock... or keep your foot out of the gas after you spend thousands for the extra power. If you want "upgradability" then go with a turbo... and make sure your change jar gets all your daily change... you'll need it for all the driveline mods in the future

Bill

 

ty u all very much. i think ive mad my decision but ya will have to wait till i start to build to find out what im doing.

 

ohh and trust me it will be fun. im probly droping about 10 to 15 thousand if i keep the truck i have or 7 to 10 if i get a 03 ecsb stepside

 

Thats not entirely true. There is pumping lose with a turbo, it takes HP for the piston to FORCE the exhaust out of the cylinder into the back pressure of the turbo when your boosting. How much? IDK, but I'm sure its more than you would think. There is no free lunch,

 

Thank you for clearing that up

As for the Radix being my first love....yeah it was...and always will be. However I enjoy the turbo and any means of HP adders! Bill summed it up in a nut shell, and there is not ONE person on this site that can debate the simplicity and completeness of the Magnuson Radix, period.

Now back to the debate, parish hit that nail on the head....this is a horse that will NEVER die.

 

Yeah, that's what I was saying about a SC's parastic loss vs. a TC's dissadvantage of back pressure. Either way a TC engine makes use wasted energy and a SC does not plain and simple. This results in a higher overall efficiency when looking at the system as a whole.

 

man i think ya are enjoing this

 

New shoes?? what are you talking about rex the shoes we saw him wearing the other day were far from new. looked like he was wearing a couple of used rubbers. Shoulda taken some pictures!!