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From: dmmartindale@watcgl.UUCP (Dave Martindale)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Turbo toilet seats ?!
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Date: Tue, 21-Feb-84 16:49:27 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 21 16:49:27 1984
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Turbos are NOT just a gimmick.  A turbocharger which provides boost
at relatively low RPM is a way of getting a large amount of power out
of a small, light engine.  This is useful for "performance" cars.
A turbocharger which is designed to provide boost only at higher
RPM's allows a given size engine to provide the same sort of fuel
economy in cruise that it would without the turbine, but considerably
more power for acceleration.  Or, to put it another way, for a
given amount of power available for passing, you can use a smaller
engine and get better fuel economy.  (Unfortunately, they don't show up
on economy cars because of the higher initial cost.  Same is true of
fuel injection, for the most part.)

Yes, there is a lag in the availability of the extra power.  If you
really want instant power, buy the monstrous engine and you can
pay for its fuel appetite.  If other people find different tradeoffs
more appropriate for them, "to each his own", eh?