can a 4cyl inline car be twin supercharged

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just a little querry really lol
has anybody ever heard of this?
sort of like pro charging if you like, let one charger run for low end torque and then a bigger 1 merge in for big boost?

i know a V engine can be but can a in-line be done?


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Why can't it?

At the end of the day, if you can devise the pipework to fit, and the engine can take the pressure, there's no reason that a 4 cylinder wouldn't work.

Just because it has "2 banks" of pistons, always remember that the pressure on the inlet side must be uniform throughout - It'd be no good forcing 10psi into 3 cylinders and 25psi in the other 3.

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The question is why? You gain nothing from having 2 sizes of supercharger, only losses.
 
Well, this is true what Tom says.

Twin Turbo is slightly different though:)
 
Depends if its twin independant, twin sequential or twin compound.
 
i dint mean that ian lol i meant i know of cars i.e. v engines that are twin charged but ive never heard of a inline been done, why would it loose power though? i know pro charging is quite common now, although you dont see many cars with the turbo setup off a MR2 now do you?
 
One turbo, one stage.

Its twin entry, thats something different.
 
i think i know what you mean it lets more gasses after a certian revs?
 
No, it just distributes the gasses around the scroll more evenly. Nothing to do with revs or flow.
 
so that explains why they get such a big increase in power from a 360BB turbo then eah?
 
we talking about superchargers or turbochargers here??? You seem to be applying twin-turbo theory but calling it supercharger?

you cant twin supercharge, at least, i've never heard of such a thing a car with 1 bank of cylinders.

You need to research how a supercharger works, and how a turbocharger works, and then perhaps you'll see why not.

BASICALLY, your supercharger runs of a belt, so the fater your engine is turning, the faster your charger is turning. This gives you increasing gains as you increase your revs. Its always running, so if you want a bigger gain, you just fit a higher capacity of supercharger. It'll still give you the gain at lower rpms that a smaller one does, except perhaps giving more boost.

A turbo kicks in at a certain rpm, and dumps its entire gain on very rapidly. Then you hit the redline, change up, and your turbo drops out of action again giving you no boost anymore. You need to build the revs, then the turbo kicks in again. How long you have to build for is know as lag time, and THAT is why a small turbo and big turbo get fitted as a pair. It reduces the lag time and provides boost at lower rpms using the small one, then when you hit say 3300rpm, the big un kicks in too giving lots of boost.

All i can suggest is that you take out a subscription to practical mechanic, or start visiting sites online that teach how cars work. Theres one i've visited many times called howstuffworks. It'll grow your brain, i guarantee it.

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i agree twin superchargers on a inline engine is pointless? i only thoguht they did twins on v engines to make them pretty and pipework a lot easier lol


twin turbos as above, you can buy an subaru legacy ( not in line i know, but not V ) that has a twin turbo but it is sequential so you get a small turbo boosting at low revs and then change over so both turbos spin at higher revs
 
Allan, i might be wrong but the legacy has a boxer engine like the impreza's, in which case its a flat 4 which is more like a v then an inline and has 2 exhaust maifolds also.

There are different ways of twin turboing, generally they use 2 small turbos, not one small and one big, that is quite a new thing in mass producded cars. you will find that even twin turbo cars revert to one if they want big power. they replace the 2 small ones which run out of puff for one big one.

They use 2 small ones so they spool quickly.

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