Aerochargers are better than a twin screw!! hahaha ;-)

[Greg Hermann]

At 10:29 AM 10/15/01, Stephen Webb wrote:
>> When you compare the period of time that a turbo is making better efficiency
>> vs screw-comp, it is for a very small time period.
>
>My gut feeling is that it's more important to be operating in a high
>efficiency region when you are flowing the most air.  If the compressor is
>very inefficient at low airflow rates, your intercooler should be able to
>better deal with it than at high airflow rates.  Does this sond
>reasonable?

Yep.

>I agree that talking about peak horsepower as a way to compare two engines
>is misguided.  Does anyone know of some "standard" way to talk about an
>engine over the entire range, rather than just peak?
>
>The area under the torque curve between two rpm points?

Yep--as long as the two points are at least as far apart as the "split"
between your tranny's gear ratios !

Greg


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