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Originally Posted by BrokenVert
Technically superchargers use engine power to make more power and turbos recover wasted energy (so in a technical sense they both use engine power)
Forced induction is anything that increases the mixture pressure in the cylinders. EGR has this property somewhat too.
While I'm being a bit cheeky here I will say that spray is not FI. Spray changes the fuel type and the pressure created by combustion, but it doesnt change the pressure of the mixture. Rather, it changes the chemical composition of the mixture. -that answer is serious.
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S/C and turbo force pressure into the engine to make more power, hence forced induction. Bump up the pressure and you make more power right? N20 isn't forced induction? Then why is it forced into the engine to make more power?
Here, let me Google that for you:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_induction
It doesn't list N20 as a form of forced induction but I consider it to be but to each their own.