Certainly, with turbocharged engines you will generally have lag and have to wait for the turbo to gain boost. Superchargers generally have the boost to begin with right off the bat thanks to the fact that they run off the engine directly instead of via exhaust and the such. Superchargers tend to be more consistent in the amount of power that they produce which is one of their advantages, turbos tend to provide more peak potential which is their advantage.


Why not have both.........then you have a real monster on your hands and a more reliable engine since it can withstand the stress.
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I'm not sure what your saying here. The issue is that forced air induction tends to add stress to an engine and gives it a shorter life in the long run. It is true you can beef up the engine in anticipation for this, but generally the engine will last longer without it as long as the engine itself was a good design before the forced air-induction was added. The issue is I would rather have say a 6.4L or 6.5L that produces 500hp or better than supercharge an engine to get it as you always have that power. For example, if the belt was removed from the supercharger or the turbo got worn due to age or damaged, you will not still have the 500hp or anything within a margin of error distance. Although it is true that as an engine gets older it will not produce the same amount of power that it had when it was new in the case of using a larger engine size around 6.4L or 6.5L, the power drop amount will be significantly less than if something would go wrong with either forced air induction system.