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Originally Posted by diesel_john
Above 20 to 1 you are at the point of diminsihing returns. About all there is to gain is taking off your muffler and using the turbo as a muffler.
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I wonder if there would be any way to drive a generator from the exhaust turbine insteading of pressurizing the intake. I think I recall hearing that BMW or somesuch company was experimenting with this. My understanding is that diesels handle backpressure better than gassers, so perhaps this would be a way to harvest further energy from the process. Now where can I get a generator good for 100,000rpm...hmm