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Old 11-07-2012, 08:35 PM   #38
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Bypass valves reduce Roots blower losses to nearly nothing, but twin screw chargers will suck a lot of power even with a bypass and need to be declutched. Centrifugal chargers will suck some amount of power with a bypass too but I think it's not as bad as a twin screw.
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