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From: phil@amd.UUCP (Phil Ngai)
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Subject: Re: Superchargers vs. Turbo's
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Date: Fri, 28-Sep-84 21:00:21 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 28 21:00:21 1984
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> gas pressure.  Since this energy is normally lost, the turbos run
> "for free" but superchargers use useful energy.  Unfortunately, there
>
> - Gord Cormack, University of Waterloo
>  ... watdaisy!gvcormack

This has always seemed odd to me. Intuitively I think that the turbo
must increase the backpressure seen by the motor, which is just another
way of reducing the useful work it can do. It doesn't seem "free" to me.
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