Turbo vs. Supercharger.

[jtoomasson at yahoo.com (Jeff Toomasson)]

I wouldn't say it has _nothing_ to do with it...

On your typical, counter-flow 8v, the radiant heat from the turbo manifold
would heat the intake manifold such that intake temperatures could be
affected - the manifolds are metal and, as such, conduct heat. There's no
way around it per se, you just have to minimize each's contribution wherever
possible...that's why I'm going cross-flow!  :)

JT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Neal Tovsen" <nealtovsen@yahoo.com>
To: "Dave Ewing" <MK1Scirocco16v@comcast.net>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 2:19 PM
Subject: Re: Turbo vs. Supercharger.


> The heat in the intake of a turbo car has nothing to
> do with being near the exhaust. Any time you compress
> air, it heats up. Thus, superchargers create heat too.
>
> Neal
> '77 G60
> (now with air-to-water intercooled goodness!)
>
>
> --- Dave Ewing <MK1Scirocco16v@comcast.net> wrote:
> > I'm just curious here and coming into this
> > conversation late (thanks AT&T
> > for selling out to Comcast!!) but how the heck does
> > the air in a
> > supercharger get to the temps of that in a turbo
> > charger when the air in a
> > supercharger goes from atmosphere to charger to
> > intake?  The front of the
> > motor is not even close to the same temp as the back
> > of the motor either.
> > Try changing an exhaust manifold after you drove the
> > car compared to
> > changing an alternator.  I'm just curious as I don't
> > know much about
> > superchargers but after working on cars for 20
> > years, I understand
> > temperatures!
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
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