Why are turbochargers widely used in cars? What is the reason for using superchargers on large-displacement cars?

When buying a car nowadays, we will find that turbochargers are common in car engines, while mechanical superchargers are uncommon. Mechanical superchargers are often smoother to use, but now engine mechanical supercharging technology is facing elimination, and more people are using turbochargers. It must be that turbochargers have advantages that mechanical supercharging does not have. You can find out what they are by reading the article below!

Why are turbochargers widely used in cars?

Supercharging is indeed a trend now. In order to meet the national emission call, supercharging will become the mainstream. Why is turbocharging widely used instead of mechanical supercharging? The main reason is the inherent problems of mechanical supercharging, so it will not become the mainstream. Because the mechanical supercharger is driven by the engine belt, the speed of the mechanical supercharger is much lower than that of the turbocharger at the same engine speed. The same amount of boost will make the mechanical supercharger larger in size, and the mechanical supercharger needs to consume a certain amount of engine energy.

The most important thing is that with the same amount of boost, mechanical superchargers will produce a certain whistling noise, which will be difficult to accept for private cars. However, real performance cars do not care about this noise. Although they are smoother, they are difficult to become the mainstream of the market.

Why is the supercharger used on large displacement vehicles?

The power source of the supercharger comes from the engine. If you have a 1.5L displacement grocery shopping car, it is just enough for family transportation. Although adding a supercharger can increase the power of the engine, it has basically no advantage compared to the engine power consumed by the supercharger. All this work does not help much to improve the overall performance and fuel consumption of the engine, and it only increases the cost. Adding a supercharger is meaningless. Some people say that you can increase the boost pressure so that the power will be increased higher, but when the pressure is increased, the power shared by the engine to the supercharger will also increase. The advantages of this increase and decrease are not obvious at all. In other words, from the perspective of overall performance, it makes no sense to add a supercharger to a small-displacement engine.

Why do people buy cars with T engines?

1. Naturally aspirated engines don’t have the excitement of driving with T.

2. When driving on the highway with a T car, you can overtake without any effort. But with naturally aspirated engine, you still need to wait for enough time before overtaking.

3. Modern young people like excitement and passion. Cars with T are more powerful than naturally aspirated ones. Naturally aspirated cars are easier to maintain and save money than cars with T. So they pursue cars with T most.

4. I have a Magotan 330, 2.0T, which can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 7.something seconds. It's so exciting and heart-pounding. I like cars with T, which have enough power and are fuel-efficient. I can overtake others by just stepping on the gas on the highway.

5. In my personal opinion, young people like cars with a T engine and naturally aspirated engines. I think middle-aged people will like them and they should be stable.