Well i think the turbocharger is preferable. The time for it to take action doesn't really matter as the drag caused by supercharger.
Nice write up bro.
P.S. That Bently engine at the top looks like a demon.
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Well, to speed racers they would prefer the supercharger because it takes less time to feel their effect even though the little drag caused by them is overcome in such a short time.
And as for the turbo they still require much maintenance compared to the superchargers. It all depends on what you want to use your engine to do. If you are a speed racer you should go for the superchargers.
Ps: thanks for the comment and i would love a Bently someday eben though Mercedes is my first crush.
Mercedes is one product everyone will love to have, but remember the cost of maintaining it as well as the initial cost.
By the way, I'm no racer and will always opt for a turbo engine.
Hehehe.. Big men ride big cars i hope to be someday so i can manage my Mercedes well enough.
So turbo it is for you.. You don't like anything holding your engine. Lol
Great choice as an engineer but the environment people would not like your choice. But we are human.
We need less drag on the engine. Engineers crave for efficiency and that's the main reason you won't find most new cars with a mechanical power steering pump anymore.
The exhaust carries about 1/3 of the heat generated during combustion away. With the supercharger, nothing is done about it. Instead, it adds more to the engine load. The turbocharger on the other hand uses this waste heat thus giving us more efficiency.
Then what has the environment people got to do with this. Are you saying superchargers cause less emission than turbochargers?
I understand your point as an engineer.
Both chargers do the dame thing but before the turbochargers kicks in there needs to be a period of time(short) where the fuel burns with an air fuel mixture that is the normal one. This short period the amount of flue gases will have escaped from the cylinder would have polluted the atmosphere... But with the supercharger even as your engine is rolling for ignition, the supercharger has started work by supplying to the cylinder.
There is no proof but i hope you understand my analysis?
Well, your analysis is logical enough. However, engines are equipped with after-treatment devices that allow harmful emissions to be converted into those not harmful before getting into the atmosphere. Besides that, we need to maintain a constant air-fuel ratio, so when supercharger kicks in immediately it majorly allows more fuel to be induced since there's more air to cater for them. This also increases the chances of having some unburnt fuel or incomplete combustion but that is secondary.
Yeah.. You get my logic.