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I was thinking something along the lines of that too, but it wouldn't be completely smooth, as when the supercharger disengaged, you would get a sudden surge of power.
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Not if you had it calibrated perfectly to were the turbo boost has caught up to the supercharger.
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They make aftermarket kits to add a supercharge to subi's the set it up so that the supercharge finishes spooln right when the tubo starts spooln good its a litle simpler system. But that would be cool to not have to drive the supercharge once the turbos spooled.
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I've always thought of superchargers as parasites, they take power to make power wereas a turbo uses waist gasses to make power. a sequential turbo setup would do the same as what you're describing just without the parasitic power loss. little turbo for low end boost blowing through a bigger turbo for the top end. this is the same Idea behind the new 6.4L
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Originally Posted by MAKO314
I've always thought of superchargers as parasites, they take power to make power wereas a turbo uses waist gasses to make power. a sequential turbo setup would do the same as what you're describing just without the parasitic power loss. little turbo for low end boost blowing through a bigger turbo for the top end. this is the same Idea behind the new 6.4L
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Originally Posted by MAKO314
I've always thought of superchargers as parasites, they take power to make power wereas a turbo uses waist gasses to make power. a sequential turbo setup would do the same as what you're describing just without the parasitic power loss. little turbo for low end boost blowing through a bigger turbo for the top end. this is the same Idea behind the new 6.4L
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Originally Posted by SUPERDUTY_untouchabl
They dont take nearly as much power as you think. Have you ever spun a supercharger when its off the car? It takes nothing to spin it and with a little flick it will sit there and spin forever. Plus it makes instant power.
Theres a couple of rotary screw compressors at my dads work (work the same way as a supercharger). It is easy to spin them at a medium pace, but as soon as you try to turn it hard and fast, you can really feel just how much resistance these things can create. Slow free-air moving is easy, add some back pressure, and high RPMs, and everything changes.