Confused about SE compared with SP

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Re: Confused about SE compared with SP

Postby Hammer » Sat Aug 04, 2012 2:27 pm

Aussie Stig wrote:....The T25/T28 is a bit long in the tooth now....Seriously, what is a better solution?


There's talk of electric powered turbo chargers (ETC) instead of relying on the exhaust gases. One major automotive brand (I can't recall, either Audi or Porsche) are serioulsy looking into it.

Pros:
Major advantage of this is the elimination of the lag. As the ETC can be programmed to spool up to max levels anytime. All up to the ECU programming.

Cons:
Can be difficult (if not impossible) to retro-fit to cars not designed for it. Kinda like retro-fitting an electric powered power-steering to cars not designed to have it. Plus with cars like the MX5 (with tiny low powered batteries), the cars system might not be up to the task in providing enough juice to power it and all the cars electric functions.
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Re: Confused about SE compared with SP

Postby Aussie Stig » Sat Aug 04, 2012 2:40 pm

Interesting but not applicable to our car - suspect ETC is really only for hybrids
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Re: Confused about SE compared with SP

Postby Sean » Fri Aug 10, 2012 12:03 am

Hjt wrote:nothing miataturbo, google or the search function can't aid me with :wink:

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Aussie Stig wrote:The T25/T28 is a bit long in the tooth now....Seriously, what is a better solution?

GTX series - depends on your definition of better though.
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Re: Confused about SE compared with SP

Postby NitroDann » Fri Aug 10, 2012 12:20 am

or EFR.

thought Ive replied to this thread..

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Re: Confused about SE compared with SP

Postby MrsB » Fri Nov 30, 2012 2:11 pm

the answer is - buy both :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: Confused about SE compared with SP

Postby bootz » Fri Nov 30, 2012 2:30 pm

NitroDann wrote:or EFR.

thought Ive replied to this thread..

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