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Originally Posted by SalParadise View Post
Just learned something from Barrett Jackson about 911 3.0s this morning.

"The 3.0-liter engine is a 911 turbo without the supercharger, and is mated to a 5-speed manual transmission."

Didn't know that 930s were supercharged. Pretty freaking sweet if you ask me.
Turbocharging is a form of supercharging. You can call a turbo a supercharger. However you cannot call a Roots or Lysholm type blower a turbo.
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