What exactly is all this turbo stuff?
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What exactly is all this turbo stuff?
Please stay calm and don't jump all over me please. I'm just new to this car thing. I got my first car at the start of the fall. I have an 83 Camaro Berlinetta. It's got a V6 in it. I just was curious on what turbo is and how it works. If someone is a real expert please take a minute and tell me the basics please. Remember I still am learning your guys whole car lingo. Right now I'm just a driver, not a car guy. My Camaro kicks it though!
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here is small description on how turbos work, yea i know its a ***** site, but i had a DSM FWD turbo as my winter beater, and it was fun! so, visit this site, to get a somewhat better understanding of turbos. http://www.dsm.org/menu.epl?item=246
EDIT: look at the areas labled "turbo fundamentals"
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1991 Z28 305 TPI.
Mods: Hypertech Airfoil, gutted airboxes, K&Ns,polished 91' rims (they turned pink!), and all rear end bushings & tranny mout are energy suspension poly ones now
MORE TO COME: Any suggestions on what to do next? I really want to try and make the 305 run 13s (i've mostly been doing basic repair to the car, but now most of its done i have money to mod!)e-mail me@ abraham_39@hotmail.com
[This message has been edited by Abe91Z28 (edited December 03, 2000).]
EDIT: look at the areas labled "turbo fundamentals"
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1991 Z28 305 TPI.
Mods: Hypertech Airfoil, gutted airboxes, K&Ns,polished 91' rims (they turned pink!), and all rear end bushings & tranny mout are energy suspension poly ones now
MORE TO COME: Any suggestions on what to do next? I really want to try and make the 305 run 13s (i've mostly been doing basic repair to the car, but now most of its done i have money to mod!)e-mail me@ abraham_39@hotmail.com
[This message has been edited by Abe91Z28 (edited December 03, 2000).]
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The concept of a turbo is fairly easy to understand... there is basically 2 parts to a turbo unit. The first part takes the air from the exhaust. The exhaust gas enters the turbo and passes through a propeller, which in turn spins. This propeller is connected to another propeller in the 2nd part of the turbo unit.
As the 2nd part spins it pulls in fresh air and then forces it into the engine.
This is the same for a supercharger only instead of using exhaust gas to turn the propeller, it has a belt at the front.
They both have advantages and disadvantages… turbos will give you more boost (airflow), but they need time to spin up (turbo lag).
A supercharger is always spinning so doesn’t have any lag, but will not give you as much boost. Also it drops your MPG as the engine has to work harder.
As the 2nd part spins it pulls in fresh air and then forces it into the engine.
This is the same for a supercharger only instead of using exhaust gas to turn the propeller, it has a belt at the front.
They both have advantages and disadvantages… turbos will give you more boost (airflow), but they need time to spin up (turbo lag).
A supercharger is always spinning so doesn’t have any lag, but will not give you as much boost. Also it drops your MPG as the engine has to work harder.
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