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Old 06-01-2025, 12:33 AM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Logic View Post
That's very clever for being simple and great for a wide rpm range.
But for constant rpm it's still unnecessarily complex and the supercharger adds weight and takes up space doing the work that the existing crankcase was/is doing.
It might be quite hard to provide oiling for a turbocharger to operate with a conventional 2-stroke, but it's not undoable at all. BRP now uses turbochargers on some of its snowmobiles. Sure a turbocharger might not be so dumproof at all, but it has the advantage of usign waste energy from the exhaust stream instead of increasing drag to the engine like a supercharger.
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