All you NA pansies. Why not get your car running as good as possible NA. You know...do heads, cams, exhaust, the whole 9 and make it run great NA. Then slap a 150 shot on it just to have it there. Then you can run good all day long on motor...but when you use the nitrous your in another realm.

 

I would say which ever one you choice to pick. They all do the job its the guys with the biggest wallets that can afford all the nice things in life

 

i am going to go ahead and say turbo.
there is a reason all the rallycars run turbos on al their tight turns etc etc etc.
if i threw a bang-bang system on my vg30 in the s13 trust me the turbo would stay spooled everywhere and it would always have the killer throttle response and torque of the 420+lb ft of torque i make @ 3300 rpm.
it all truly depends on the setup. every one can be made lethal .

with the n/a you are going to deal with high compression and insanely high rpms, a much much hjigher rpm useable powerband unless you have vtec or what not.

supercharged will be great, but you will deal with non intercooled setups for the best throttle response and it will end up making you slower at the end of a run than the beginning , as well as detonation any time youre heavily racing it for extended periods of time unless it starts pulling lots of timing.. i really dont like superchargers much at all.

 

NA is fun, Add TT even more fun, add IC with NOS and hold on tight fun

Not much for superchargers,

 

As you can see in all of these replies the answer varies....i think it varies so much not because one is better than the other...but because each person in thier own mind is looking at which car/engine combo will be used and in what way it will be utilized. Some were thinking small displacemt 4 banger...some but V8s. Some for 1/4 mile...some for autocross. and some the main concern was that it be streetable some could care less. And then of course throw in cost. These parameters will be more of a factor to whats good, theres more than one way to skin a cat!

 

With a stoked V8, you have a huge powerband. Ask Hybird SS. His motor never sees past 6500 rpm and makes over 400 rwhp on motor. Most heads/cam LS-1 guys are making 400 rwhp with awesome torque and power curves and don't rev past 6500 rpms. Just like with big cubes you don't need to rev high to make power. I prefer the motor + NOS combo just for the cost effectiveness of it.

 

I prefer a short stroked, high compression motor. That way, it revs really fast, can rev really high and will always like the squeeze.

For me, it is a high compression motor with spray. IMHO, turbos are complicated and get really hot...melting and cracking shit under the hood. Superchargers are great but hard on the snout of the crankshaft. They have been known to shorten bearing life in high-po situations. All n/a reqires is a good combination of parts and a great tuner to bring it all together. Just kick back the timing a bit and spray away.