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Technology Stocks : Turbodyne Technologies Inc. (TRBDF) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Gerald L. Kerr who wrote (1738)	8/13/1998 4:34:00 PM
From: Doug Fir	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3458

"A standard turbocharger is totally ineffective when the engine is idling." So...why does one need to be turbocharged at idle? From your statement, the Turbodyne doesn't operate at idle either. "The electric motor kicks in for a brief period as needed to bring turbo up to full speed. For example, when the engine is idling and the accelerator is depressed." So the turbo kicks in after the accelerator is pressed. Would that be turbo-lag ? Isn't that what regular turbos do? My understanding is that lag times are down to a few seconds or less for standard systems. How is that significant to a bus or a gravel truck? This whole system is based on the supposed need to eliminate a second and a half lag, that can be virtually eliminated in a dual turbo system? Who cares, and why is that important?