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Originally Posted by AtomicLabMonkey
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Originally Posted by sperry
Usually emissions. Just like a high-displacement car, you're burning more fuel and air, which mean more pollution and lower gas mileage (actually turbos are better for mileage than displacement since you're usually off-boost when cruising).
Pretty much *every* disel motor sold these days is turbo... so the technology is definately being used, just not so much in gasoline motors.
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When done right a turbocharged motor is much more efficient than a N/A motor, so it's actually best for gas mileage. |
Right. That's why my EJ25 (which gets poor mileage for a car in it's class) gets better mileage than an EJ20.
