What is the difference between a Turbo Charger and a Supercharger?

Question

I really dont know. And what would I have to do to my transmision for a turbor charger, and what would to my transmission for a supercharger?

Answer 1

A supercharger runs from the belts of the engine and takes power away from the engine to run itself, but the power benefits out weigh the power robbing. On the other hand a turbo uses the otherwise useless exhaust gas to turn the turbine over in the turbo, which in essence is free power. The only down fall is the supercharger is going to get that power from the engine faster than the turbo due to the fact that the engine would have to build up exhaust pressure before the turbo would start the work, the super charger is instantaneous.

As for your transmission the only thing you would have to due is build it to stand the amount of power you plan on putting out. More than likely you will have to do nothing.

Answer 2

In internal combustion engines a turbocharger is a turbine-driven, forced-induction compressor powered by the engine's exhaust gas. This is in contrast to a supercharger, which is mechanically driven by the engine's crankshaft via a belt or chain.

A supercharger (or 'blower' ) is a gas compressor that forces more air into the combustion chamber(s) of an internal combustion engine than is achievable with ambient atmospheric pressure (as seen in a naturally-aspirated engine, see forced induction). The higher mass flow rate together with an increased heat input provided by additional fuel combining with the greater mass of atmospheric oxygen available, increases the specific cycle work and hence power output of the engine.

A supercharger can be powered mechanically by belt, gear and shaft, or chain-drive from the engine's crankshaft. It can also be driven by a gas turbine powered by the exhaust gases from the engine. Such turbine-driven centrifugal superchargers are correctly known as turbo-superchargers, or more commonly, turbochargers.

I copied these from wikipedia., hope it helps.

Answer 3

Turbos and superchargers are part of the air intake system, totally different from the transmisson.

Turbos and 'chargers both are basically air compressors, acting to force more air/fuel into the cylinders, resulting in more power.  With either, the boost pressure can run from 6psi of pressure, up to 16psi versus a natural flow of maybe 1 psi without them.

A turbo is driven off the exhaust, while a supercharger is driven by a pulley on the engine, like an alternator or a power steering pump.

A turbo will have "turbo lag" in lower RPM's, untill the exhaust builds enough pressure to spin the turbo fast enough. A supercharger has no lag due to being powered off the engine, but the power draw on the engine will rob some of the additional power gained. ('charger may add 100 horsepower, but needs 20 hp to run it, resulting in 80 hp gain overall  for example)

Most diesel trucks and pickups have turbos, along with some sportscars. Superchargers are usually used on racecars like dragsters and high end cars like jaguars.

Answer 4

First you don't do it to your transmission.  You do it to your engine.

The difference between turbocharger and supercharger is that TURBO runs off the engine exhaust (for power source).  The Supercharger runs off the crankcase (for power source).

No matter how it runs, it basically does the same thing - compress extra air into the engine so that the engine works like a bigger engine.

Good Luck...