tubo vs super -- Re: [s-cars] was, 0-60 , 1/4mile, now:Re: superchargers are bad, mmkay?

[Eric_R_Kissell at whirlpool.com]

"mlp5" <mlped at qwest.net> wrote:
>Porsche did some comparison testing on a 16-valve
>2.5 liter 944 some time back with both a Roots
>blower and a turbocharger.
[snip]
>But in every test the blower car out performed
>the turbo car by 10% - 40%.

Nonetheless, they offered the "944 Turbo" and not the "944 Roots"?

Did Porsche ever use a supercharger in a production automobile? What about
a race car?

Eric