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Old 06-29-2014, 05:24 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by jamesqf View Post
Yeah, the real question is why on earth you'd want an electric supercharger in the first place. The point of a turbo is that the power needed to run it is free (energy that would otherwise be going out the tailpipe)
Is it that simple? Aren't turbochargers similar in efficacy to superchargers, which run directly off of the engine?
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