just a thought - BMW Forum

MiguelACA · 03-24-2006, 11:23 PM

i was bored today and for some reason started thinking about forced induction, i know this will probably sound stupid and should have googled it, but eh, is it possible to have a tri-turbo setup? or a S/C and turbo setup? no flaming please, jsut curious

Cruzin 323is · 03-25-2006, 12:17 AM

ive seen in a magazine a car with a 8 turbo set up... HP's werent impressive, but the setup was... so i don't see why u cant have a 3turbo setup...

i don't know about the Super Charger AND Turbo... but i guess its somthing to look into??

Teh Prof · 03-25-2006, 01:55 AM

I've heard the idea tossed around of an S/C up to a certain point, then cutoff for the spooled up turbo, thereby acheiving both immediate power and high top-end power...

MiguelACA · 03-25-2006, 02:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cruzin 323is

ive seen in a magazine a car with a 8 turbo set up... HP's werent impressive, but the setup was... so i don't see why u cant have a 3turbo setup...

i don't know about the Super Charger AND Turbo... but i guess its somthing to look into??

8 turbos, wow, what were the HP numbers?

MiguelACA · 03-25-2006, 02:36 AM

hmm, both these cars have tri-turbo setups, numbers arent too impressive, the VW runs 12's on a quarter mile and the supra has a little over 600hp

http://www.sportcompact.ca/2005/cool...hico_golf.html
http://www.i-m-racing.com/inmottritsup.html

edit:

Quad Turbo, now THESE numbers are impressive

http://www.popularhotrodding.com/eng...05em_turbo_bb/

tomctx · 03-25-2006, 11:58 AM

I've seen S/C and turbo set-ups on show cars. Don't really believe it's practical. The 8 turbo set-up was on a 57 Chevy, I believe, and the numbers were not impressive. It was built mainly to be different and win trophies. I think you run into flow and heat problems with these things, not to mention the adding of weight and complexity.

Redbullrr · 03-28-2006, 01:07 PM

I'm sorry guys but there something about that many turbos on a car that totally does it for me. All I can say is WOW!

92_325i · 03-29-2006, 02:40 PM

who says having a supercharger and a turbocharger isnt practical? it gives a lot better powerband than you would get with just one of them. and it's not any more dangerous if you have it tuned properly. the biggest problem you will have will be plumbing the intercooler pipes for both. it's not going to be easy to do, but it can be done. it has also been done numerous times on different cars.