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Are superchargers and turbochargers compatible

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Only if you use the Turbo to pre-compress the intake before the supercharger. This would be the closest thing to a compound Turbo application but would be a waste of money as you'd be spending twice the money to do it compared to a MUCH more efficient setup using two turbos, one smaller than the other (large one with first dibs on intake pre-compressing air and discharging it to the small Turbo which has first dibs on exhaust. Compound works be taking advantage of a turbo's compression ratios, doesn't matter if the ingoing air is ambient or pre-compressed, the compressor works based on compression ratios, not by its flow rate. Little Turbo can be limited to 10-15psi and the larger one to 15-50 or what have you. What ever the big Turbo is giving is added directly on top of what the little one is doing so 10 on little and 15 on big will give "in theory" 25psi but more like 21-23psi in real world application).

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