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turbo/super charge

Posted: 14 Jan 2005, 04:55
by EmptyWords
is it possible to super charge and turbo charge one engine?

Posted: 14 Jan 2005, 06:56
by M_S
no....

Posted: 14 Jan 2005, 07:01
by Sir Ibi
Well that was easy enough......

Posted: 14 Jan 2005, 09:57
by boganbusman
YES.

I'd like you to name an engine that can't be modified for turbocharging and supercharging.

That's right, you can't.


Here is an example of a supercharged and turbocharged Skyline engine:

Posted: 14 Jan 2005, 15:58
by chimpzrl
Ohhhh. The power! The POWEERR!

Posted: 14 Jan 2005, 21:51
by TheStig
I think that is insanely useless.

Posted: 14 Jan 2005, 22:50
by sic
only if you freak ...and you love your car ... otherwise , for same money you can have another supercharged car ... not every engine is built for such great powers ...if the engine block of the same mark is used for cars with turbo , so there shouldnt be a problem..(for ex.BMW)

Posted: 14 Jan 2005, 22:56
by Drewb99
A supercharger would make a handy way to get a large single turbo to spool faster, IMO.

Posted: 14 Jan 2005, 23:51
by donaldgladden
i hope the driver who will test the enigine gets blown up.they are gonna need a niffty billet carnk to keep that thing from overeving

Posted: 15 Jan 2005, 00:25
by KidZer0
That engine is crazy!

Posted: 15 Jan 2005, 12:31
by orvnahum_
Ofcourse it is possible, that is what alot of rally teams did on their Group-B cars.

Posted: 15 Jan 2005, 14:00
by MarlboroMan
basically people do this to minimize the turbo lag, nowadays superchargers comes with a electronic clutch thing, the pulley of the supercharger can be dis-engage by electronic components. As you all know that turbine need to receive exhaust gas to spool up to a functional or optimal state. this is where the supercharger do the air compression during turbo lag. when it reaches enough exhaust gas to spool the turbine, the supercharger will dis-engage and let the turbo take over.

Its a great idea thoerytically, but i dunno how well this sort of system works practically.

*supercharger driven by crank pulley, almost instant effectiveness but with lower efficientcy (less than 70%) due to massive mechanical components (pulleys, belt, the supercharger itself)

*turbocharger running alot higher efficientcy (up to 90% or more), you will get more boost easily than superchargers, cons are turbo lag, maintainence (example: turbine lubrican fluid, refurbish turbine), heat dissipate (the turbine may run more than 100K rpm, and the exhaust gas from the combustion chamber of highly compressed air).

Posted: 15 Jan 2005, 20:26
by Pelado
Each part can be a complement to the other.
Supercharger for low end torque and turbocharger for high end power.

Posted: 17 Jan 2005, 05:27
by MoWGLi
There was a car produced that was turbo and supercharged. I forgot what the name was.

Posted: 18 Jan 2005, 23:59
by donaldgladden
lol this thing is crazy.the most craziedt thinbg ive seen was a supercharger CRX that looked like a funny car but was a a pretty much stock body and chassis.some of yalkl may know what ime talkin about.

Posted: 19 Jan 2005, 12:56
by Sweeper
MarlboroMan wrote:basically people do this to minimize the turbo lag, nowadays superchargers comes with a electronic clutch thing, the pulley of the supercharger can be dis-engage by electronic components. As you all know that turbine need to receive exhaust gas to spool up to a functional or optimal state. this is where the supercharger do the air compression during turbo lag. when it reaches enough exhaust gas to spool the turbine, the supercharger will dis-engage and let the turbo take over.

Its a great idea thoerytically, but i dunno how well this sort of system works practically.

*supercharger driven by crank pulley, almost instant effectiveness but with lower efficientcy (less than 70%) due to massive mechanical components (pulleys, belt, the supercharger itself)

*turbocharger running alot higher efficientcy (up to 90% or more), you will get more boost easily than superchargers, cons are turbo lag, maintainence (example: turbine lubrican fluid, refurbish turbine), heat dissipate (the turbine may run more than 100K rpm, and the exhaust gas from the combustion chamber of highly compressed air).
How are these mounted according to the intake on the engine?
It sounds like an interresting technique anybody got a diagram over the intake, intercooler, turbo and superchargers that shows how they are mounted? the pic of that Supercharged turbo RB26DETT is a bit hard to make out.

Posted: 19 Jan 2005, 12:59
by boganbusman
How can you not get it? the pic is quite clear IMO.

Turbocharger/supercharger ~~> intercooler ~~> inlet manifold ~~> engine

Simple.

Posted: 19 Jan 2005, 13:41
by Sweeper
So there is nothing else between it? It is controlled electronically all the way?
I was unsure, it looked like it was mounted like that but I was a bit unsure as I couldn't see the whole intake manifold and all the pipes.

Thanks anyways boganbusman for clearifying that, helped a lot ;)

I would love to have a closer look at the electronics used to control it though (funny sideeffect from being an electronics engineer.)

Posted: 19 Jan 2005, 13:43
by boganbusman
If there were any electronics, they would only be used to engage/disengage the turbocharger/supercharger.

Posted: 19 Jan 2005, 15:28
by Sweeper
With a closer look I ment having a look at the circuit diagrams.
You quickly get used to the logic gates.

Posted: 22 Jan 2005, 18:36
by MarlboroMan
well if you really want a diagram about it look closely at the same picture, at the background behind the engine, theres are some of them.

if you really want it so bad here is a rough sketch by me.

the pictures with red pipe...
(left) - most probably when turbo lag, the valve on the supercharger is opened.
(right) - when turbo is fully function, seems like that the valve of the supercharger is closed.

Posted: 23 Jan 2005, 05:31
by Maverick2K4
Hmm... that's pretty interesting.

Posted: 23 Jan 2005, 16:26
by EmptyWords
how much HP is that engine pumping out?

Posted: 23 Jan 2005, 23:03
by donaldgladden
Lord knows how much that thing is pumpin out

Posted: 24 Jan 2005, 06:00
by boganbusman
donaldgladden wrote:Lord knows how much that thing is pumpin out
Really? Then could you ask him for me please?