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 Volkswagen 1.4 Twincharger engine maybe cancelled, too complex & expensive to produce

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stormlcc
post Jan 17 2011, 01:58 PM

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who needs supercharging when the turbo technology is so advanced nowadays? and why add more weight and complexity with a supercharger when u can make do with just a turbo?

good decision to make this happen!
stormlcc
post Jan 18 2011, 05:21 PM

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QUOTE(feelfree @ Jan 17 2011, 02:22 PM)
The supercharging actually is working at low RPM and we all know that most of the Turbo will not get good result at low RPM or we call it turbo lag, so VW thinking to get good power from low to high rpm, so they mixed the supercharge and turbocharge together, low rpm the supercharge will kick in to give full torque until certain rpm, the supercharge will stop working and turbo charge will then start working until redline.
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QUOTE(alaskanbunny @ Jan 18 2011, 12:30 AM)
the reason why that engine uses super is because of the small size... like gti, with 2l the lower rpms is not a prob so the turbo is only needed for higher rpms
turbo gets good results also lar, if it is made to cater to low rpms... just that if u put a low rpm turbo at the high rpms will run out of juice... usually ppl get high rpm turbos because low end power usually solve with higher cc engine
true, but usually not in small engines.... at least 2 litre and above will benefit from twin turbos... for now twin-charger is still better in the 1.4 block
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current twin scroll turbos can spool up damn fast, u can get at least 50% of the torque at 1500rpm and is used especially for small displacement engines. it's super efficient, lightweight and simple. the supercharger is just not needed anymore (leave this to the big badass large displacements). u guys, go read some articles on the net before giving outdated comments here.

 

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