Re: turbo theories Part n**2

[rdh@sli.com (Robert D. Houk)]

   Geez... and I thought superchargers were bad... This is REALLY bad!

No no, superchargers are GOOD!

Someone was looking for a mantra:

   "SOUPerCHARGEr! TURboCHARGEr! Rah Rah Rah!"

I've seem the ubiquitous navel-contemplating "Om" pronounced both mono-
syllabically as 'Ohm' and poly-syllabically as "Ahh Umm", so I suppose
"Audi" can be dutifully chanted "Ahh Dee" (or "Oww Dee"), although it's
not completely clear to me what part of the anatomy one should be con-
templating . . .


   > >A few months back, Turbo and HiTech had a teaser on another approach --
   > >mount a small high-speed electric motor onto the turbo . . .

Just in case what I wrote was misinterpreted, the above was legit...

   > >And of course the next step is obvious - use a slightly bigger motor and
   > >you'll have boost even at idle.

This was of course speculation/extrapolation on *my* part...

   > >Finally, use a big honkin' motor and you can do away with the turbine
   > >altogether! (pity the poor ole alternator...)

And this was in keeping with my oft-stated philosophy that anything worth
doing is obviously worth doing to exesssssss. Especially on a holiday work
day...

					-RDH