SUPERCHARGERS - Turbos are all the rage, but what about the older art of supercharging?

摘要

WHAT do you do when the waste-paper bin next to your desk gets full and it's still two days before the cleaners are supposed to empty it? Yeah, you could take it downstairs and empty it yourself (you lazy git), but it's far more likely you'll stamp the contents down with your foot to make space for more junk. Congratulations, you've just supercharged your rubbish bin. The idea of supercharging an engine is no different. By compressing the contents, you can get more in. And when it's more fuel and air, the bang when that cylinder fires will be proportionally bigger. And that means more power.