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Old 05-22-2013, 03:27 PM   #29 (permalink)
jamesqf
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Originally Posted by ChazInMT View Post
So if there is horsepower being generated by the turbine, it has to come from somewhere, and I don't think anybody is going to say it isn't coming from the engine..
You think wrong. It is not coming from the engine, in the sense that it is robbing power that would otherwise go to the wheels. It is using the energy in the hot exhaust gas, which otherwise would just go right out the tailpipe.
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