Mileage: Turbo vs. SC

[TreyNSX]

Which system saves more gas? do turbos/sc give you overall better or worse miles per gallon?

[e39dinan]

I don't know about specifics between types of forced induction, however I do know that you generally get BETTER MPG when you are lighter on the throttle than pre-induction, and WORSE MPG when you lay on it more. I have noted this to be true in both turbocharged and supercharged cars I've owned.

-DanB

[TreyNSX]

cool, thanx for the info.

[Brad D.]

Originally posted by e39dinan
I don't know about specifics between types of forced induction, however I do know that you generally get BETTER MPG when you are lighter on the throttle than pre-induction, and WORSE MPG when you lay on it more. I have noted this to be true in both turbocharged and supercharged cars I've owned.

-DanB

OH MY F'ING GOD...I passed your signature around Fox and about 40 people laughed their asses off. Funniest shit I have ever seen on the internet.

[e39dinan]

Originally posted by Brad D.


OH MY F'ING GOD...I passed your signature around Fox and about 40 people laughed their asses off. Funniest shit I have ever seen on the internet.

lol, glad to hear you guys liked it (I especially like that fox6 folks found it funny being the newshound that I am). The first thing I did after I got back on my chair after seeing it was shrink it and change it to my DTM sig.



-DanB

[pete]

turbo will get slightly (*slightly) better gas mileage then supercharged... you don't have to run the blower when its idling, and it is a little bit more effiecient... very close tho... for the price difference between the two, the world will run out of fossil fuels before you get your money back for turbo if thats your only reason to buy it. lol