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More correctly, it is a "positive-displacement pump". I would agree that
it's more like a supercharger than a turbocharger.
Toby Erkson
air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
(This is my preferred address)
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>surely a turbo which is driven by an electric motor would be classed as
>a super charger. Because if you have an electric motor the air pressure
>would be constant instead of the common lag which you get with
>an exhaust gas driven turbo while it waits for the engine revs to
>build up and therefore turn the turbo faster and build up more
>pressure.
>
>With the electric motor can you control the speed of the motor
>and therefore
>the pressure of the air going into the cylinders ?
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