Supercharge: The Latest Automotive trend
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Supercharge: The Latest Automotive trend
Audi introduced the 420 HP V8 in 2004. Now Audi is scaling back. The new S4 and S5 will incorporate the supercharging technology and roll back the number of cylinders to 6. This is done to reduce gas consumption and become more Eco-friendly, Audi says. It had been noted in several prominent automotive magazines that Audi's V8 was the main reason Mercedes AMG moved from C32 to C55 in 2005. MB was not going to be out-muscled by Audi. Now that Audi is rolling back I wounder if AMG will revisit the C32, perhaps with a more refined and possibly a better supercharger.
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03 g35 coupe...........02 c32 Sold
i think the new trend is turbo. The new mb v6 and v8's are suppose to be twin turbos. Even the new sonata has a 2.0L turbo with 270hp and 35mpg. The new 750i is a twin turbo 4.4L v8. The new m3 is suppose to be a twin scroll I6 turbo.
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2002 C32 AMG, 2013 GLK 350/4, 2015 E63S AMG Wagon
From the last chat session at the AMG Private Lounge
Member qustion:
"In plain english...what model will the 5.5 TT engine rollout be in? Is their any plan to offer a supercharged engine in the future?"
AMG answer:
"Direct! Nice.
We cannot comment on precise future product plans.
There are no plans for supercharging in the immediate future. The big problems that we face with supercharging are twofold:
1) Weight of a conventional helical supercharger (and sub-optimal mounting position high up and in-between the cylinder banks) that can be as much as 80-100lbs
2) Parasitic loss as a characteristics of superchargers - they often need up to 100hp to run before they deliver back in spades.
There's another outside consideration of pedestrian safety - the hood must deform at least 2 inches before hitting anything 'hard'. A supercharger in between the cylinder banks hinders this."
Member qustion:
"In plain english...what model will the 5.5 TT engine rollout be in? Is their any plan to offer a supercharged engine in the future?"
AMG answer:
"Direct! Nice.
We cannot comment on precise future product plans.
There are no plans for supercharging in the immediate future. The big problems that we face with supercharging are twofold:
1) Weight of a conventional helical supercharger (and sub-optimal mounting position high up and in-between the cylinder banks) that can be as much as 80-100lbs
2) Parasitic loss as a characteristics of superchargers - they often need up to 100hp to run before they deliver back in spades.
There's another outside consideration of pedestrian safety - the hood must deform at least 2 inches before hitting anything 'hard'. A supercharger in between the cylinder banks hinders this."
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'03 C32
From the last chat session at the AMG Private Lounge
Member qustion:
"In plain english...what model will the 5.5 TT engine rollout be in? Is their any plan to offer a supercharged engine in the future?"
AMG answer:
"Direct! Nice.
We cannot comment on precise future product plans.
There are no plans for supercharging in the immediate future. The big problems that we face with supercharging are twofold:
1) Weight of a conventional helical supercharger (and sub-optimal mounting position high up and in-between the cylinder banks) that can be as much as 80-100lbs
2) Parasitic loss as a characteristics of superchargers - they often need up to 100hp to run before they deliver back in spades.
There's another outside consideration of pedestrian safety - the hood must deform at least 2 inches before hitting anything 'hard'. A supercharger in between the cylinder banks hinders this."
Member qustion:
"In plain english...what model will the 5.5 TT engine rollout be in? Is their any plan to offer a supercharged engine in the future?"
AMG answer:
"Direct! Nice.
We cannot comment on precise future product plans.
There are no plans for supercharging in the immediate future. The big problems that we face with supercharging are twofold:
1) Weight of a conventional helical supercharger (and sub-optimal mounting position high up and in-between the cylinder banks) that can be as much as 80-100lbs
2) Parasitic loss as a characteristics of superchargers - they often need up to 100hp to run before they deliver back in spades.
There's another outside consideration of pedestrian safety - the hood must deform at least 2 inches before hitting anything 'hard'. A supercharger in between the cylinder banks hinders this."
Sounds like you found a bona fide insider there.
