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Originally Posted by cosmick
I just took a look at it, chose a feature at random, a dozen pages back, anout turbocharging for torque, without raising peak hp. It's impractical, unnecessary, and you can have it both ways at no extra cost. That's the main idea, you can double or even triple an engine's torque output from 1500 RPM to redline, which is impractical with a belt supercharger. On an LSx V8 that already makes over 300 ft-lbs from 1500 RPM to 6500+ RPM, that means 1100 HP is possible, and real world builds prove the theory.
And you are still gaining just as much midrange torque as you would if you tried what this article proposes. His ideas would not win any races, nor offers any mpg advantages, nor in the case of the LS does his plan offer any extra durability. It doesn't help emissions nor driveability to try it his way, either.
And if this is typical of the guy you are sad about, then good riddance.
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Is this the Prius turbo article?
Did you even read the entire series?
He managed to turbocharge a stock Prius, improving economy AND performance at the same time.
The whole point of the exercise was to improve daily usability while not sacrificing economy. That's why he didn't use a supercharger.