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High-Tech Horsepower Makes Up For Shrinking Engines

Started by chrisbaskind · 1 year ago

A British Company has developed an inexpensive supercharger which can make smaller engines feel much more powerful. That means fewer CO2 emissions — and big fuel savings. ... Continue reading »

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  • Jim S.

    1 year ago

    That's really cool. When I was in mechanical engineering student in college I designed turbocharger that was coupled to an electric motor through a centrifugal clutch for faster spin up. Of course, that was in Texas in the 80's and gas was about 65 cents / gallon so I wasn't really motivated by economy. I was going for negligible turbo lag. The clutch mechanism was a real pain (and probably not really feasible because of the rpm involved). It never occurred to me to just use a second compressor in serial...
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  • Eric Williams

    11 months ago

    Now combine this with Direct Injection, Fords EcoBoost and a Hybrid technology and you will have the worlds most efficient gas vehicle. Gasoline is not dead car companies just need to try harder might be time for manufacturer subsidies. www.FliteRecord.com
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