turbo or super....

[fluffycow]

if you had two buttons on your computer and you had to press one of them, which one would it be? The one labeled super, or the one labeled turbo.

You can't press them both.
Why? you ask
becuase I said so

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mmmhhh. . . .

turbochargers . . .



turbos are more efficient than superchargers

[mireland]

Originally posted by fluffycow
if you had two buttons on your computer and you had to press one of them, which one would it be? The one labeled super, or the one labeled turbo.

You can't press them both.
Why? you ask
becuase I said so

I'd probably would press super.. Why? because it is one of the two choices and cows don't fly

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[mireland]

Oh, I stand corrected about the cow thing....(swigging down another shot of rum and coke). Ok what about Pigs??? do pigs fly??? huh? huh?!!

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Of course!

[ShawnD1]

i'd press super because super and turbo remind me of super charger and turbo charger on a car. turbo is exhaust driven meaning you only really get a boost at high RPM. super is belt driven so you get more power at all RPMs

[Optimus Prime]

id press super, because remember those old cases with "turbo" on them that just slowed the computer down, LOL.

[ShawnD1]

only if you already had turbo on
on my 386 we had it wired so it was always in turbo, pushing the button didn't do anything

[leprechaun_40]

I'd press Super, as, technically, a Turbo Charger is a form of supercharger, it's really called a turbosupercharger, but got shortened. It's just an exhaust driven turbine that drives the supercharger portion of it. A turbo, works at higher RPM and provides a lower overall boost than a supercharger that's belt driven, there is also the lag factor. However, if you are looking at thermodynamic efficiency, the turbo is more efficient as it uses energy ( the heat in the still expanding and burning exhaust) that would normally be wasted to improve engine performance.

A supercharger can provide much higher amounts of boost, but uses a few of the horsepower it creates to do it's job. However, it provides lots more horses, and there is no lag, as the charger is belt or gear driven and is always providing some boost.

[Giblet Plus!]

Since when do supercharged engines make more power than similar sized turbocharged engines?

You can get a lot more power out of a turbo engine than a supercharged ones. Ex. - Turboed 1.8 integra drag racing motors can make 500 hp.

[KraZy_SkitZy]

Originally posted by ShawnD1
only if you already had turbo on
on my 386 we had it wired so it was always in turbo, pushing the button didn't do anything

back in "The Day" when I didn't know squat bought computers, my friend had his own kewl 386 with a turbo button, we where both scared of what might happen if we pushed it.. Took us bought 2years to get gutsy t press it and run, and we pushed it and nothing really seemed to happen...

[leprechaun_40]

A supercharged V8 can make over 5,000 horses, that's when!!!

Please, take it from an ASE certified Master Tech, superchargers can do more,, really

[Someone Stupid]

I have a V8 sitting in my Mustang. Seem to have this problem with a "lead" foot, so cops tend to give me tickets. Those extra 4650 or so horses would come in handy in that type of situation.

[leprechaun_40]

naw, ya still can't out run Mr. Marconi's invention, it's call Radio