Primarily turbo's are favoured over superchargers for their efficiency. If you imagine all that hot, high speed exhaust gas just disappearing down a pipe. The energy needed to compress the intake air has to come from somewhere, with a turbo it's taken from the exhaust gasses, but with a supercharger it comes straight from the crankshaft via a belt and those gasses just carry on as they were, wasting energy.

I think it's BMW or someone subcontracted by them who have been toying with the idea of steam jackets on the exhaust that drive compressors as well. Anything to recuperate lost energy.

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Ph1 306 GTi 6 | RX8 231 S1 | YBR 125 Cafe Racer | MT-03 660

See what happens to a hoover when you put your hand at the end of it.. This is typically what is happening with a draw through system.. it works and i have one.. but no doubt bearing lift and compressor damage is caused by the CAP (butterfly) closing causing stress whilst still spinning at 10,000 rpm!

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sounds awesome!!!

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