Turbos and other induction should affect engine size

[Elouda]

As in the title, these additions should affect the engine size to some degree - often there systems (especially if you get into twin turbos or twinchargers) take up a substantial amount of room, and this would mean more of a balance between larger displacement NA engines vs smaller displacement forced induction ones.

[Eric.B]

Theoretically, you don't have to have a Turbo in the engine bay, and the piping does not take up a substantial amount of space.

Either way, most induction systems affect height, and engine height wasn't a thing in the game until recently. So maybe this makes it way into a bounty, maybe not. It makes it more difficult in that most induction systems do not have a fixed location. Designers just cram it in wherever there is space as close to the engine as possible. We'll see.

[Elouda]

Theoretically, you don't have to have a Turbo in the engine bay, and the piping does not take up a substantial amount of space.

Either way, most induction systems affect height, and engine height wasn't a thing in the game until recently. So maybe this makes it way into a bounty, maybe not. It makes it more difficult in that most induction systems do not have a fixed location. Designers just cram it in wherever there is space as close to the engine as possible. We'll see.

I would argue piping does take a fair bit of space, atleast comparable to the various valve types. The impact is mainly on either height or width, I would probably split the difference between the two unless you want to get into specifics depending on engine layout.

[Eric.B]

The impact is mainly on either height or width

Or length. Like I said, they cram it wherever there is is space in the engine bay.

But yes, the most common places for a turbo is on the exhaust or intake ports to reduce lag, but as I said, they can be mounted anywhere.

The game doesn't go into this minute of detail, but I may, or may not make a bounty for it. I didn't add it for a reason though.

[Eric.B]

My point I am getting at is that it opens up a whole can of worms with placement.

If you have a cramp engine bay, you could always do rear or mid turbos. You can mount turbos in fender wells, side pods, etc. With superchargers it's a little more easy since it's belt driven, but still they can be top, side, or angle mounted.

Anything adjusting size based on induction would probably need to come with a placement system as well.

[Elouda]

At any rate, having them take up no space at all is probably not optimal, considering the design considerations of induced engines. At the very least a bounty to enable this for modded stuff would be nice.