MPG with a supercharger

Originally Posted by Chuck33079 I would think the additional parasitic drag from the blower would eat up some gas, even in closed loop. Yeahhhhhh And to maintain speed you need

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MPG with a supercharger

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09-16-2013, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Chuck33079

I would think the additional parasitic drag from the blower would eat up some gas, even in closed loop.

Yeahhhhhh

And to maintain speed you need to press the gas pedal taking it off the closed loop and since you're S/C vs Turbo'd you'd have to burn even more fuel to turn the SC (right?)

Oh, and synolimit, your Subarus are turbo'd, very different beasts

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