2006-07-10 17:51:55 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Yes. It is done on "race" big rigs and I also read an article in a popular automotive magazine where someone had installed a dual system on a GM 6 cylinder (if memory serves right). The supercharger pulls from off-idle through midrange and the turbo worked midrange through top-end. I don't remember how it was plumbed, but I believe each pump had it's own outlet which Y'd into the intake stream into the engine. I suppose the advantage to a system like this would be to eliminate turbo lag with the supercharger, allowing a larger turbo to be used in an application where it normally would not be efficient.
EDIT: Found this on the net- http://www.autozine.org/technical_school/engine/tech_engine_3.htm
Scroll down toward the bottom to supercharger+turbo
2006-07-10 18:25:34 · answer #1 · answered by JackofallMasterofnone 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's been done many times. Usually the turbo is pumping air into a centrifigal supercharger. If I recall correctly, it was also done on some WW II aircraft.
The turbo pumps compressed air into the supercharger instead of the supercharger sucking atmospheric pressure, then adds some more psi to the already compressed air and into the intake.
2006-07-10 18:04:23 · answer #2 · answered by rkfire 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, unless u had 2 engines in the car
2006-07-10 17:55:00 · answer #3 · answered by Cordeau 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can use then on the smae car but not at the same time
2006-07-10 18:24:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to howstuffworks.com to see the differences and why it would be inneficient to put both.
2006-07-10 17:55:44 · answer #5 · answered by wiseornotyoudecide 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no-the compression ratios required are different for each
2006-07-10 17:56:48 · answer #6 · answered by Comfortably Numb™ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure, why not ?
2006-07-10 17:55:00 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋