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Re: Turbo and Superchargers for boats
Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2017 9:26 am
by thunder550
How much load are marine engines under when operating at cruising speed? The majority of OEM forced induction engines run turbos instead of s/c, I think they are generally more efficient and need less maintenance. At cruising speed though, a FI car engine isn't making boost. Wondering if a marine engine would be constant making boost or just when accelerating.
Re: Turbo and Superchargers for boats
Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2017 9:59 am
by jhnmdahl
That was my concern too - because a boat engine is under relatively heavy load whenever the boat is moving, you may unreasonably accelerate wear on the engine by supercharging or turbocharging it. The percentage of time a car is accelerating heavily/under similar load is comparatively small.
Re: Turbo and Superchargers for boats
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2017 9:12 pm
by Bfun220
Re: Turbo and Superchargers for boats
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2017 10:48 pm
by AsLan7
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She's one bad stang bfun220.
Don't care for his or her driving like a moron in traffic but on a track she'd be a monster. Thanks for the post!