Re: Supercharged vs. Turbo

[Brad Sheridan <brads@mindspring.com>]

At 09:25 PM 10/19/98 -0700, you wrote:
>I wouldn't call it free, your still using energy from the motor to spin
>the turbine so it must be costing you something.

 The exhaust heat, which supplies much of the power used by the turbo, is
wasted otherwise. So yes it is pretty darn close to free. Definitely less
parasitic than something driven directly off the crank.

Brad

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