There are two relatively simple options to boost (pun intended) horsepower in a vehicle: superchargers and turbochargers. But, which is better? Once again, Jason Fenske of Engineering Explained is ...

Sports fans expect a competition of any sort to be settled with simple-to-grasp finality -- win or lose -- but things are rarely so straightforward when it comes to the technology of automobiles. Take ...

Superchargers and turbochargers both serve to increase an engine’s power by forcing a larger air-fuel mixture into the engine than it would normally get, but they go about it in different ways. A ...

The ever-growing need to make smaller, more efficient engines has forced car manufacturers to rethink the traditional turbos and superchargers. On road cars, the traditional way to get more power out ...

Both turbocharger and supercharger are forced induction systems, which are designed to force air into the engine. The more air and fuel into the engine, the more power it will make. Superchargers and ...

Perhaps you saw the news last week about an experimental engine under development at Volvo. It’s a 2.0-liter gasoline-powered four-cylinder that cranks out an amazing 450 horsepower. At 225 horsepower ...

Toyota is working on a forced induction system that has an electric supercharger and a turbocharger. We know Toyota has been developing electric superchargers from a previous patent application for a ...

OK, everybody knows a Dodge Hellcat, be it Challenger or Charger (it's a Challenger, in this case), has a supercharged V8 engine, but a twin-turbo Mustang? How does that fly? The Ford Mustang range ...

The classic hot-rod notion suggests there's no replacement for displacement. Detroit realized this in the early '70s as everyone except AMC, who made smaller cars, had an engine well over 400 cubic ...