Funny how history repeats itself. During the fuel crises of the 1970s,
many automotive engineers latched on to turbochargers as a means of
reducing weight and thus saving fuel while maintaining the power
outputs we're used to. During the fuel crisis of the last couple years,
turbochargers suddenly became en vogue again.
But as Jan P. Norbye
wrote for SIA #53, October 1979, turbochargers have been around for
much longer than that, mostly in planes, but also in diesel-powered
trucks and automobiles of the 1960s.
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