Nitrous and torque???

[ColdBusa]

Hey everybody, I am just trying to figure out why nitrous makes soo much torque per horsepower rating compared to a supercharger making the same horsepower.
For example an 04 Mustang gt with a nitrous shot of 150hp is making 340-350hp to the ground but the tourque is 445-460ft/lbs.
A twin screw supercharger making 340-350hp, but making 363ft/lbs.

I got these statistics from cars with the exact same mods, but just the power adder is different. I know how nitrous works and how a supercharger works, I just don't know why nitrous produces soo much tourque. I know it is an oxidiser and cools the air charge and probably gets a more efficient burn of fuel than in a supercharger application.

Can somebody explain this to me?

 

[Commuta_Busa]

you may want to pickup a book on N2o or do a search online... there's a whole lot to understand about it.

a belt driven compressor needs power to make power.... N2o doesn't...
a compressor increases the intake temps... N2o decreases them

compapring two different engines one w/n2o the other supercharged is kinda hard to do... are they running the same cams? same cam timming? same heads? same static compression?

 

[ColdBusa]

same cams, not too sure about the timming, same heads and the compression ratio si the same I believe..
I understand about how a supercharger works and is driven, same with the N2O, I just can't figure out why nitrous powered cars have soo much tourque all the time. Its drivin me crazy...lol

 

[GPW]

I am guessing it has lot to do with the cool charge....

 

[2fast4u2c]

(Commuta_Busa @ Sep. 12 2007,00:43) you may want to pickup a book on N2o or do a search online... there's a whole lot to understand about it.

a belt driven compressor needs power to make power.... N2o doesn't...
a compressor increases the intake temps... N2o decreases them

compapring two different engines one w/n2o the other supercharged is kinda hard to do... are they running the same cams? same cam timming? same heads? same static compression?

What he said.

Guy