Superchargers, turbochargers, nitrous oxide injection—they all do the same thing, one way or another: They make your engine act bigger, which makes your car run faster. The internal combustion engine ...
A supercharger—such as a turbo—compresses air. Compressing air heats it. Heating air makes it expand. This is a Catch 22 inherent in supercharging. So rather than thinking of quantities of air in ...