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Re:The Death of Tony Hsieh: A Spiral of Alcohol, Drugs and E... by js2 on Sunday December 06, 2020 @08:10PM (#25328366)
Supercharged usually refers to an engine with a supercharger, which is a crankshaft driven pump used to force more air into the engine. It is similar to a turbocharger, except a turbo is driven by exhaust gas.

N2O is typically used with a normally aspirated gasoline engine. It's just another way to get more oxygen into the combustion chamber.

https://www.racingjunk.com/news/drag-race-101-its-a-gas/

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Re:The Death of Tony Hsieh: A Spiral of Alcohol, Drugs and E... by modoc on Monday December 07, 2020 @12:12AM (#25329502)
You can absolutely run N2O with a turbo or supercharged engine. I ran a NXExpress rig on my '99 Eclipse GSX back in the day (with a big turbo).
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Re:The Death of Tony Hsieh: A Spiral of Alcohol, Drugs and E... by CyberDildonics on Monday December 07, 2020 @06:22AM (#25331172)
They didn't say it couldn't be used with a super charger, they said it wasn't exclusively used with a super charger.
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