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Old 08-05-2018, 12:08 PM   #27 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Ecky View Post
To be fair, there are still energy losses associated. Intercoolers exist for that reason. They add exhaust restriction and there's also added friction, but I imagine it to be a net gain.
The losses associated with todays turbos is very little at lower boost. On my last setup the turbo improved the engine efficiency of my engine a ton, but to improve FE I had to run it in lean burn do to air mass increasing.


I still think you can use a turbo compound system on a downside engine like I did on my 2.0L. and be more efficient then an electric assist setup?
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