The only similarity between an aircraft gas turbine engine and a supercharger is that both are compressors, albeit of a very different nature and function.
An aircraft gas turbine engine draws unfiltered air into its air intake and abrasive airborne particulates are drawn into the turbine which may cause damage.
The induction systems, on our car engines, whether super charged or not, are protected by a downstream air filter which traps airborne contaminates in the atmoshere and prevents them from entering the engine. That volcanic ash is present in the atmoshere in varying quantities makes little difference to car owners. The filter does what it is designed to do. Namely to trap and hold contaminates until the next service interval when the filter is either disposed of and changed for a new item, or in the case of a K&N filter, washed and cleaned of debris.
You don`t have a problem Tara.
Mike
couldnt have put it better myself mike,the supercharger is driven by the engines crank shaft and the "charger" compresses the air prior to it get forced in the the cylinder , simple science more air in your cylinder the bigger the bang the more power you get, the jet engine however goes thourgh 2 different "compressor" turbines "HP" , "LP" the air flow then goes through to the "burners" where fuel is mixed into the highly compressed air , a small spark from the ignitors (big spark plugs) and away you go ........eeeerrrrrrr enough of the boring engineering stuff cough cough
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just change your air filter if you thing the air inlet pressure is low ....youll be fine, just wash your jag when it gets covered
