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Old 04-10-2010, 03:31 PM   #14 (permalink)
Piwoslaw
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Originally Posted by Domman56 View Post
A turbo is run soley off of the exhaust So all it does is make FREE power , By free i mean it doesn't drain anything from the motor, Like a supercharger does.
It's not 100% free, as a turbo adds backpressure to the exhaust side. Of course, the gain from increasing intake pressure is greater than the losses from backpressure, so there is a net gain.
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