For as long as people have been debating the domestic versus import topic, they have been debating the best form of forced induction; superchargers versus turbochargers. On both sides of the debate stand strong opinions and in some cases, serious hatred, but for both sides the quest remains the same, to increase power out-put and efficiency. This article will serve not to chose a side, but as an informational to demonstrate the pros and cons of both sides, allowing the reader to decide which they prefer.
If the “Superman” logo combined with the aggressive stance of this 1990 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX (AWD) wasn’t enough to grab your attention, how about its fastest time to date, 9.45 @ 144hp, the car itself pushing out 700+ awhp? And what if I then told you that time was earned running an automatic transmission? Now that I have your attention, allow me to tell you about Darren Thomas, a 23 year old hailing from Choctaw, Oklahoma who is both the 2008 and 2009 Import Face-Off Points winner. Darren and his crew must truly be Supermen [and women] because not only do they do all the driving, wrenching and fabricating themselves, but they also do it without the help of any Sponsors.
Just as every other dreamer before him, Felix Wankel designed the rotary engine with the idea of changing the world. Following in Felix’s footsteps is a rather young sheep farmer by the name of Thomas Westberg-Croessmann, who took the idea of changing the world, combined it with a 1993 Mazda Rx-7, and made it much, much sexier.
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