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0 pointsstephengillie7y ago0 comments

A turbocharger is a funny shaped air compressor. So let's put an air compressor in the trunk and pipe the air to the intake manifold. And if there car is a hybrid, that battery can power the compressor too.

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davidgould7y ago

Actually the centrifugal compressor is pretty common in many applications, so more typical than funny looking.

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0 pointsstephengillie7y ago0 comments

A turbocharger is a funny shaped air compressor. So let's put an air compressor in the trunk and pipe the air to the intake manifold. And if there car is a hybrid, that battery can power the compressor too.

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davidgould7y ago

Actually the centrifugal compressor is pretty common in many applications, so more typical than funny looking.

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