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Old 27 Apr 2011, 08:26 (Ref:2870429)   #1335
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The rule books talks about "atmosphérique" vs "suralimenté", which can best be translated as "normally aspirated" vs "forced induction". So in theory you can use a turbocharger (exhaust gases driving the compressor), a supercharger (crankshaft driving the compressor) or both, irrespectively whether the fuel is petrol or diesel.

However, as you can read on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbodi...diesel_engines it does not make much sense to use a supercharger on a diesel engine. Superchargers take away power from the engine and are bad for fuel economy. A turbocharger almost come for free because you recover energy from the waste exhaust gases.
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