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Prowse · Mar 10th, 2008, 04:51 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by GP1004 (original)

Can you supercharge a diesel?

Well if you can, do something similar to what volkswagen have done with the petrol golf TSI, turbo and super charge so you get the best of both worlds!

Or BMW could use their twin turbo know how and just stick another turbo on it, this would really boost performance like with the 335d over the 330d

Yes you can supercharge diesels, though I doubt BMW/MINI would go down that route as superchargers are generally more costly to build, which is why I suspect they were dropped from the new engine designs.

Mar 10th, 2008, 04:51 PM	#21
Prowse MINI2 Master Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Lancs Local Time: 12:09 PM Posts: 1,494 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by GP1004 (original) Can you supercharge a diesel? Well if you can, do something similar to what volkswagen have done with the petrol golf TSI, turbo and super charge so you get the best of both worlds! Or BMW could use their twin turbo know how and just stick another turbo on it, this would really boost performance like with the 335d over the 330d Yes you can supercharge diesels, though I doubt BMW/MINI would go down that route as superchargers are generally more costly to build, which is why I suspect they were dropped from the new engine designs.