# Turbo & Supercharger

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**Created:** [September 13, 2007, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbo-supercharger/35303 "2007-09-13T09:58:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 13, 2007, 5:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/turbo-supercharger/35303/17 "2007-09-13T17:46:20Z")

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[quote=“ImportMuscle,post:15,topic:35303"”]

iirc volkswagen was developing a motor for this…

1.4L inline 4 cyl making 180 hp

supercharger worked at low speeds, turbo took over for top end

lots of boost, no lag

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That works really well but is fairly complex. Just running a supercharger into a turbo or vice versa is terribly inefficient.

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