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From: svirsky@ttidcb.UUCP (William Svirsky)
Newsgroups: net.auto.tech
Subject: Re: Turbos and superchargers
Message-ID: <653@ttidcb.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 27-Jan-86 12:54:45 EST
Article-I.D.: ttidcb.653
Posted: Mon Jan 27 12:54:45 1986
Date-Received: Thu, 6-Feb-86 06:58:41 EST
References: <715@decwrl.DEC.COM>
Reply-To: svirsky@ttidcb.UUCP (William Svirsky)
Organization: Transaction Technology, Inc. (CitiCorp), Santa Monica
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Summary: 

In article <715@decwrl.DEC.COM> moroney@jon.DEC (Mike Moroney) writes:
>
>Advantages to Turbochargers:
>
>1) Use "free" power (exhaust power)
>2) Physically smaller, since the device uses higher RPM's (as much as 100K)

One more advantage is that because the turbo doesn't "kick in" at
lower RPM's, you can drive the car for economy, by shifting
early, or drive it for speed, by shifting late.
-- 
Bill Svirsky
Citicorp/TTI
3100 Ocean Park Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90405 Work phone: 213-450-9111 x2597
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