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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
Diesel engines run WOT all the time.
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Touche
But this is more about excess pressure at blowdown, which for a diesel still corresponds to load. At lower loads a turbo-generator will not be efficient at all on a diesel engine and the restriction it introduces could negate a lot of the benefit. That said the setup that they use in Formula 1 where the turbine is very free-flowing and uses the electric motor to augment boost would probably work very well on a diesel street car, albeit very expensive.