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Is chiptuning/ECU remapping bad for your car?

No, if the tuning is done by professional tuners who know what they're doing, chiptuning is harmless to a cars engine. Here at Mosselman Turbo Systems we understand that you probably want to use your car every day, so we keep that in mind when we tune the ECU. This means we wil improve the performance of your car, but just enough so we will not effect your cars reliabillity. 

Our Engineers have over 30 years of experience, so you can be sure your car is in safe hands.

What is the difference between a Turbo and a Supercharger?

The difference between a Turbo and a Supercharger is mainly the way they are driven and therefore the way they behave. Both a Turbo and a Supercharger are producing compressed air, driven by a belt we call it Supercharger and driven by exhaust gasses we call it Turbocharger. Beside that a Turbo is compressing air using the centrifugal principal, and a Supercharger can use the centrifugal or positive displacement principal. In the end a Supercharger is driven be a belt usually from your crankshaft and a Turbo from your exhaust gasses, so a Turbo should be more efficient using “waste gasses” from the engine.

The Turbo needs enough exhaust gas flow to get his energy to start some serious work, so this means the engine needs a certain rpm level and load (depending the size of the turbo) before the Turbo comes into action. A smaller Turbo will need less exhaust gasses to come into action than a bigger one on the same engine, but there will always be a “lag” between opening the throttle and getting full power. This is called “turbolag”.
A Supercharger has no “lag” since it is connected to your crank. So the boost level from a centrifugal Supercharger will be almost linear between zero boost at low rpm level and maximum boost at your maximum rpm level. Dealing with a positive displace type Supercharger the engine will have his maximum boost level already at a low rpm level, and maintaining it to almost maximum rpm level. Beside that the power is instantly available at every rpm level.

Choosing what system to use on an engine depends on the engines natural characteristics, the wished characteristics  and targets as fuel consumption and available space. You can trust Mosselman Turbo Systems to make the right decision for your engine, taking every aspect into consideration.