Zeussy
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Any sort of boost, be it centrifugal, whipple, turbo etc.. What ever name you put on it - will increase the wear in the motor. Not to mention drive train.
Engines are designed to withstand certain pressures/forces put upon various components. When you increase the amount of air pressure in the intake system (aka add boost), it increases the amount of air in the cylinder, therefore greatly increasing the pressure inside the combustion chamber at or just before TDC. Add in more fuel (that's where your power comes from, more fuel from standard being delivered into the combustion chamber), that leads to higher combustion pressures, more forces pushing down on the piston, etc etc and the cycle continues...
Thus increasing wear on the engine internals. Excessive side wall loading of the piston/cylinder, excessive wear on the tops of the big end bearings and the bottom of the main bearings. That is undeniable fact.
So to your "its cheaper" scenario, add in the cost of a rebuild. Because boosting any motor will shorten its life, regardless of how its driven.
Engines are designed to withstand certain pressures/forces put upon various components. When you increase the amount of air pressure in the intake system (aka add boost), it increases the amount of air in the cylinder, therefore greatly increasing the pressure inside the combustion chamber at or just before TDC. Add in more fuel (that's where your power comes from, more fuel from standard being delivered into the combustion chamber), that leads to higher combustion pressures, more forces pushing down on the piston, etc etc and the cycle continues...
Thus increasing wear on the engine internals. Excessive side wall loading of the piston/cylinder, excessive wear on the tops of the big end bearings and the bottom of the main bearings. That is undeniable fact.
So to your "its cheaper" scenario, add in the cost of a rebuild. Because boosting any motor will shorten its life, regardless of how its driven.