hi all, i am new to the forum and I recently bought my wife a 69 barracuda convertible with a 225 slant six... auto trans...

which is best to giver her some more around town power as a daily driver... supercharger or turbo???? and why?

it gets used on the highway too, but mostly within 10 miles of home...

instant power when pulling out of traffic, reliability and gas mileage are important...

we are located in south Florida

thank you in advance for your helpful advice...

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1969 Plymouth Barracuda Convertible

By my understanding a turbo only helps once the engine revs up while a superchargers help is available off the line. I've never worked with either, so I don't know, this is just what I've read. If I'm right a supercharger would be the better of those two in town. You might try just rebuilding the engine with higher compression, fuel injection,and a hotter ignition

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Dave

1977 d-200 crew cab ex-army pickup wants it's /6 back
1962 Valiant 2 door, 170, three on the tree
1972 d-100 parts truck
80 volare wagon now a parts car

How much of a consideration, is cost? How much fabrication experiance do you have? A turbo will work around town, if it is sized correctly, and does not require a lot of precision fab work.
A supercharger will require a lot of machine shop work, which can get quite costly if you can not do it yourself. A belt drive systen and mounting will need to be made, and alignment is critical

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Charrlie_S
65 Valiant 100 2dr post 170 turbo
66 Valiant Signet 170 nitrous
64 Valiant Signet
64 Valiant 4dr 170
64 Valiant 4dr 225

well, i have no experience...other than reading about both systems...and i am having someone build me a SC 440 right now... with a procharger system from the supercharger store....i would find someone in my area to do this for me...i just know that the 225 by itself is too slow...and i can't change the rear gears because i am already ay 3k rpm on the hwy w/ 276 rear gears... cost is not as important as useful driveability for my wife's application, reliability and gas mileage...

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1969 Plymouth Barracuda Convertible

In that case, I would consider the Supercharger Store. As far as I know they have a slant six kit.

PS: If this project is somewhere down the road, I could do the job (after I finish some projets I am already committed to)

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Charrlie_S
65 Valiant 100 2dr post 170 turbo
66 Valiant Signet 170 nitrous
64 Valiant Signet
64 Valiant 4dr 170
64 Valiant 4dr 225