I am curious as to how both work and a little bit of research has helped but I know there are people on here that are much better at explaining things then some shit on google.
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They both force air into the engine. The main difference is how.
A supercharger uses a belt to spin a compressor to force air into the engine. They have a fan style supercharger that are similar to a turbo, and it draws less power than the roots style supercharger. The downside is you don’t get instant response off idle, but you save a little in fuel.
A turbo uses two fans to force air into the engine by using the exhaust gasses to spin one fan before continuing down the exhaust tubes connected by a shaft to another fan on the intake tubes. As the exhaust gas spins the fans faster, the intake fan forces air into the engine. You can control the boost better on a turbo set up, but you don’t get much boost until you get the thing spinning. It doesn’t use a belt and doesn’t draw any power off the engine.
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