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Originally Posted by Yellow_Festiva
I remember reading (or being told) that the first turbo chargers were used in aeroplane engines. Reason was they counter acted the lower air pressure as you went up.
Use it on the ground, and it increased the pressure above what you would find on the ground.
Sounded semi plausible. Could be wrong of course!
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Turbochargers that are used on small piston aircraft to maintain manifild pressure are commonly refered to as normalisers.
Their job is to allow the engine(s) to produce the same power at altitude as it does at sea level.
There is not a lot of air in the air up there........