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Old 04-20-2012, 11:56 AM   #46 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by toc View Post
Probably should start it's own thread, but since it's under discussion here..

... A turbo charger improves fuel economy? (By recovering energy from heat and feeding it back into the engine)..

Sounds wrong, so where's it wrong?
all else being similar, smaller engines are more efficient then big ones.

for a given vehicle, there is a design spec where the end user expects a certain amount of power. If you turbocharge a small engine, you can get the desired peak horsepower, yet still retain the small engine for economy.

all by itself, a turbocharger slighly reduces economy at lower power outputs, but the difference is pretty small.
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