By technical specifications a Turbo Charger is a special type of supercharger. Supercharger is a generic term, where turbocharger is a specific term. Often (outside of engineering circles) the lay public refers to superchargers, as those which are only belt driven, which is incorrect. But it isn't friday, and I too will refer (and prefer) to distingush between the belt driven and exhaust driven ones as superchargers and turbochargers.
On Sep 28, 2005, at 10:28 AM, Robert Cardo wrote: > <<OK, I thought that Superchargers were belt-driven (giving immediate > boost), while turbochargers are spun by the exhaust stream (hence the > turbo lag).>> > > You were thinking right Tim. > Andrew wasn't. |
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