Originally Posted by centerforce99
I think maybe he means "forced induction" in general and yeah, I can see that "technically" they serve the same purpose through different manners. A SC is belt driven and blows air whereas a turbo is exhaust driven and recycles air back in to make power. "Technically" they are doing the same thing when you generalize air being forced into the motor to make more power. I want to hear more about that superturbocharged car though. How did that run?
A blower type supercharger uses belt driven lobes to compress air and the turbo and centrifugal superchargers use compressor wheels driven by a turbine. A turbo doesn't recycle air, it recycles wasted exhaust energy to compress fresh air, but I catch your drift.
The superturbocharged car was nuts. I think it was a Miata that I saw and it could not get traction in any gear. It definitely didn't look streetable, but the setup looked pretty awesome.