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Originally Posted by Gramp34
I guess nobody told Caterpillar (or Cummins or Detroit Diesel) that aftercoolers are quite rare.
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And of course, CAT 3406 are commonly found on yachts. Look long enough and you'll always find a spec sheet that will suit your argument.
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Originally Posted by Gramp34
No. A turbocharger consists of a turbine and a compressor connected by a shaft. The intake air comes in contact with _only_ the compressor and doesn't get near the turbine. It's the compression of the intake air that causes it to be heated, not any contact with the exhaust. By cooling the heated intake air it becomes more dense, allowing more oxygen to be crammed into the fixed displacement of the cylinder, which allows more fuel to be burned.
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Your earlier view said "Turbocharging works off the heat in the exhaust".
Clearly you have been doing some more reading and now you're saying pretty much what I did. Well done, you're heading in the right direction.
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That's 0.042 mpg. (About 200 times worse than a Hummer.) You call that efficient?
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No, not really. But the engine is probably developing 1400hp from an original design output of 180. And it is running at max power, full throttle for 100% of the time. Nobody worries too much about the power it takes to turn the supercharger. Oh no, sorry, you do.
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You're trolling here, right?
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No I'm not trolling, I try to give info in my posts that I know something about and stay away from those posts I know nothing about. You should consider that as an option.