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Re: Is there such thing as a supercharged diesel?
Posted to Technical Theory Forum on 3/11/2002

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Closes. Doing this will close the cylinder off, allowing the blower to precompress the air in the chamber, or supercharge. Otherwise, if the exhaust and intake paths are open the same time, the blower... Login to read more.