What do Superchargers sound like?
It depends on the type. Centrifugals give off a high-pitched whistle at idle. Vortechs are a lot quieter than ATI’s, especially the SQ series. At wide-open throttle, they take on a whooshing/jet sound, just like turbos. Roots blowers make hardly any noise at all at idle. Under full throttle, they give a high pitched ‘eeeeeee’ whine, that can trip sound meters at over 100dB! For a directory listing with all the clips I’ve found of supercharger/turbo sounds try This link.
