Originally Posted by Sneakin Deacon

i understand where you are thinking youre coming from, but youre incorrect. there are a vast number of contributing factors. basically it comes down to building a car around a certain setup...in this case, even though the cobalt is lacking in static compression, it could exceed in dynamic compression, and run more timing aswell. netting the same hp, at the same pressure, with the same blower yet less static compression.

Originally Posted by blownbalt

turbo is safer because we have a lot of heat issue with our supercharger, our 2.0 also doesnt have variable valve timing like the 2.4 ecotec, all us cobalt guys know were lacking in the power department, however our engines can take massive amounts of boost safely, so with turbos were good to go