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Originally Posted by whipplep
no man, a turbo and a supercharger both do the same thing, the force more air into the engin makeing a bigger explosion and burning more gas, so it will not make it better on gas, but you dont buy a turbo to get fuel efficancy
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yes there both forced induction. yes they make a bigger explosion in side the engine, yes the bigger explosion makes more power
and no they work differently
a supercharger is belt driven and runs on the engines power
a turbocharger runs on exhaust and creates it own atmosphere. the better you get air flowing to it, the more efficent it will work, the less fuel and air will be needed to make a good amount of power (thats if your not beating the crap out of it) it is possible to get better fuel efficienty out of a turbo car.
when i got my SRT-4 it was getting 23-25mpg highway
now that i modded it, it now get 35mpg highway. So i got an increase of 10 mpg now do that with a supercharger.
our Cruiser was getting 19mpg when we got it in May
with the mods so far its now getting 25mpg and were not even done modding it yet.
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Nevin.
03 SRT-4 — 132k mi ported stocker and lots of other stuff
68 Mustang Coupe — project fail!!
PT Less - ex wife took in the divorce 3/2011
05 GT Cruiser H.O. — last dyno 245hp/283tq @ 15psi — OCT 08
3 in intake, Stage 1 PCM, Stage 2 WGA, ported turbo@21psi, 682cc, 160 deg T-stat, Check valve, Ngk 4306 plugs, 10mm spark plug wires, 3in O2, 3in DP, 3in Y-pipe with E-cutout, 2.5 in catback exhaust, upper/lower hardpipes, HKS SSQ bov, block off plate, Energy Suspention MM inserts, NSRT hawk HPS front/rear pads, NSRT Drilled/slotted rotors, NSRT steel braded front lines, Mopar 26mm Swaybar, NSRT energy suspention swaybar bushing, NSRT energy suspention swaybar endlinks, APC Non-turbo strut bar, Black housing headlights, Tinted rear tail lights, Schroth 4 point harness, Perrin catchcan, 3 pod a-piller, boost guage 30/30, oil pressure gauge, volt gauge