What's the difference between a turbo and supercharger?

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Is 55 cents for a liter of petrol (gasoline) in US considered expensive?

Turbochargers use exhaust gases to provide the intake boost side with pressure. A supercharger uses either a belt, chain, or even a gear drive, to use the mechanical power for "instant" response. The downside to superchargers is the parasitic loss due to the direct connection, while turbochargers are often faulted for the turbo "lag" (a delay in the reaction from the exhaust spinning the intake side for boost) With more modern technology, turbo lag is getting to be almost non existant, so the turbos are gaining in popularity. As far as which can make the most power, either can make insane amounts of power, more than enough to blow your engine to smithereens.
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Why do some specific models of cars use rear turn lights in red?

turbo driven by exhaust gases, charger driven by the crankshaft.

How do you work out the difference between kph and mph?

A Turbo (turbo-supercharger) uses exhaust gas to run a compressor.
A "supercharger" is typicaly referring to a belt driven supercharger, not the kind driven by exhaust.

If your car travled at the speed of light and then you turned on the headlights what would you see?

A turbocharger is exhaust driven. A supercharger is belt or gear driven.

Who likes ford cortina?

The Turbo operates off of exhaust gases, the supercharger is belt driven or gear driven off of the crankshaft. The turbo is the way to go in my book...
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