>Compressing the air a la turbo or superchargers comes at a price.
Don't forget that a turbo IS a supercharger! just that it's driven by exhaust gas flow rather than a belt or gears. When used in US bombers during WW2 they were called turbosuperchargers, but this was later shortened. I read in an Australian car magazine some years ago that VW was investigating electric superchargers, contracting Mitsubishi Electric to do it, but have heard nothing since. The unit was based on torpedo-motor technology. This is not humor, despite its being Friday here. |
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