Turbo vs. Supercharger.

[nealtovsen at yahoo.com (Neal Tovsen)]

The heat in the intake of a turbo car has nothing to
do with being near the exhaust. Any time you compress
air, it heats up. Thus, superchargers create heat too.

Neal
'77 G60
(now with air-to-water intercooled goodness!)


--- Dave Ewing <MK1Scirocco16v@comcast.net> wrote:
> I'm just curious here and coming into this
> conversation late (thanks AT&T
> for selling out to Comcast!!) but how the heck does
> the air in a
> supercharger get to the temps of that in a turbo
> charger when the air in a
> supercharger goes from atmosphere to charger to
> intake?  The front of the
> motor is not even close to the same temp as the back
> of the motor either.
> Try changing an exhaust manifold after you drove the
> car compared to
> changing an alternator.  I'm just curious as I don't
> know much about
> superchargers but after working on cars for 20
> years, I understand
> temperatures!
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
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