No matter how expensive nor fabulous-looking your car is, these will not be the sole key factors to determine its performance. What makes a vehicle run is its capacity to burn fuel, which, specifically refers to the amount of power its engine is able to generate. The amount of fuel that can be burned is entirely limited by the amount of oxygen in the combustion chamber. So, to be able to burn more fuel and create more power, excessive amount of oxygen should then be delivered to the cylinders. The turbos and the superchargers play an important role in the vehicle's engine-generating process.

 

They pressurize the cylinder to get more air into the chamber, thus, forcing large amounts of air into the engine. In another manner, both the turbo and the supercharger function differently. A turbo pressurizes the cylinder by using the vehicles exhaust gases to spin a turbine and force air in. On the other hand, a supercharger, driven by a belt, does the pressurizing by stuffing more air into the available space. Naturally, air heats up when compressed by the supercharger or turbo. It then limits the amount of additional oxygen that is present and reduces the potential for power gains. An intercooler can be installed to cool the air, making it more oxygen-rich.