ALSO SEE: Top 15 Best Engine Air Filters Because a turbocharger enables a small engine to produce more power, manufacturers can downsize their engine displacement. A smaller engine is typically a ...

A turbocharger uses the velocity and heat energy of the searingly hot (and expanding) exhaust gases rushing out of an engine's cylinders to spin a turbine that drives a small compressor ...

Cummins diesel engines have found a home in many types of vehicles over the past few decades. Their turbochargers all come ...

A small, efficient, forced-induction four-cylinder ... which is more than twice as hot as a non-turbo engine. This extreme heat can lead to two deleterious conditions — turbo coking and oil ...

Turbochargers use a series of air tubes and ... being able to get more power from a small engine should lead to fuel savings as well. To upgrade a naturally aspirated engine to a turbocharged ...

today's turbo 4-bangers are capable of 13-second performances at over 100 mph in a 3600-pound car. The difference is that a small-engine turbo car gets 25 mpg versus an LS-6 Chevelle that gets 8 mpg.

The turbo Chevy was conceived and built ... at the recent Ontario 500 because of a number of small factors in addition to one large one. The engine swallowed a valve while attempting to qualify ...

In the new patent, Ferrari notes that large turbochargers are not very efficient at low engine speeds. Conversely, small turbochargers spool up quickly but suffer with high-speed performance due ...