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Old 09-13-2016, 02:25 AM   #59
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Originally Posted by DAEMANO View Post
These are relatively simple devices that require little maintenance, add next to no weight (unlike a traditional SC), and don't introduce heat in the same way either a turbo or S/C does when used as a single induction device.
The added heat is produced by compressing air. That has to go somewhere.
Electric motors produce heat as a byproduct of operation.
The battery produces heat when it discharges... and recharges.
The alternator produces heat charging the battery.

Pays yor monies and takes yor chance.
Not the *same* way, but way none the less.
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