The Honest John column in the Telegraph has a question from a reader who drives a Miller supercharged Xedos 9 ... anyone know anything about these?

 

I was curious when i read this also.

 

They're a 2.3 V6 with supercharger. Apparently they leave the inlet valve open on the compression stroke so you're compressing against the pressure in the supercharger, then the valve closes, fuel injected and the spark fired. They make about 210bhp IIRC.

 

http://www.used-mazda-cars.co.uk/xedos.htm

0-60 in 9.2 seconds!!!

 

Mazda Australia Tech Article

 

Cheers Notorious -- seems like it's an "efficiency" thing (like the Volvo light-pressure turbo motors) rather than a "wa-hey!" thing then ....