In North America an exhaust driven intake charge
pressure increaser is called a Turbocharger. A
belt driven intake pressure charge increaser is
called a Supercharger. If I have a battery charger
that will give you a blast of higher amps
momentarily to jump start the car ,It COULD be
called a supercharger ,but it is not. We use the
two terms to eliminate confusion but if there is
any recognition of the two systems then it is
understood to be a device that increases the
pressure in the intake tract.
T.C.
Andrew Grebneff wrote:
>
> >Techincally, a turbo charger is exhaust driven, a super charger is
> >mechanically driven
> >Mark
>
> No no no!!! Any form of increasing the inlet charge is a supercharger.
> Nitrous oxide is a chemical supercharger. There are various totally
> different types of belt-driven superchargers, and these can also be driven
> by shaft or geartrain (or even fluid coupling, though I've never heard of
> that last being used). Turbo, a contraction of "turbosupercharger", is
> merely an exhaust-driven supercharger. And don't forget that fluid drives
> and linkages (turbos, hydraulic brakes) ARE mechanical...fluid mechanics.
>
> Maken no difference whether it's driven by belt, shaft, gear or fluid
> (either liquid or gas), whether it uses vanes, gears, scrolls or turbine,
> it's still a supercharger.
>
> And HERE is where the adage of popular (mis-)usage defining the definition
> falls down. Technical (and even more figorously so, scientific) terms are
> static; use a technical term incorrectly and it's abuse.
>
> Andrew Grebneff
> Dunedin, New Zealand
> VW & mollusc nut
> 1969 Kombi with Corvair 2.4 & Powerglide
> 1975 Kombi derelict ex 3.6 Toyota V8
> 1984 Caravelle 3.8 Holden V6
> 1984 Mitsubishi Galant Sigma 2.0 (FWD)
> 1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel
> 1989 CT170 Toyota Corona Select 2.0 diesel