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Old 21st May 2007, 21:52   #29 (permalink)
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Guys can someon please explain how the VW Golf uses both supercharger and turbo simultaneously? doesnt it mean that at high revs there will be boost from supercharger as well as turbo at same time? how is that taken care of? thanks..
It should be easy enough to have a valve diverting excess boost, or maybe they use the same boost. Another method is to have the supercharger run off an electromagnetic clutch, like the AC compressor.
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