Originally Posted by Maxwell
Obliviously the turbo has little parasitic drag on the engine as compared to a supercharger, so there is a lot to be gained from turbos, but I'm still on the fence when it come to reliability of a turbo vs S/C engine.
give it some faith i guarantee you that it won't disappoint ... turbochargers got a bad name in the past due to non synthetic oils that could not stand the heat and non water cooled center sections combined with float bearings .... the new day synthetic oil lubricated, water cooled, ball bearing turbo is a very reliable animal ... so long as its not one of those $400 dollar units off of ebay hehehe...
but yea, the best GT series turbos on the market go for about 1k+ and last ...