If you’re unimpressed or underwhelmed by the level of horsepower your current engine delivers, you can give it a significant boost by installing a turbocharger. There are several reasons why you might want a turbocharger. Maybe you’re an adrenaline jun
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It's best to do your own research or visit a garage close to you to discuss your options. How much does a turbocharger cost? The price of a turbocharger is closely tied to the make and model of the vehicle, with smaller cars generally costing less than larger trucks. However, it's ...
The ignition system (Figure 6) produces a high-voltage electrical charge and transmits it to the spark plugs via ignition wires. The charge first flows to a distributor, which you can easily find under the hood of most cars. The distributor has one wire going in the center and four, six...
But this distaste for roundabouts may have more to do with drivers than the design of the intersection. That's not to say that Americans are bad drivers. No, it's just that there was that one time they drove to Florida, and they drove through five of them in heavy traffic, and it ...
He found that, on average, a draft horse could do 22,000 foot-pounds of work in a minute. He then increased that number by 50 percent and pegged the measurement of one horsepower at 33,000 foot-pounds of work in one minute. Horsepower refers to the engine performance of cars and even...
How does twin-turbocharging work? A twin-turbocharger works by using two turbochargers of the same size to force air into the engine’s cylinders to add extra horsepower. The exhaust gases are recycled, split between the two turbos, and usually combined in a shared inlet before entering cylin...
No longer are we limited to a single turbo. Many cars now come equipped with Twin Turbos such as theGTOandNissan 300zx. Big turbos are also on offer and this is the usual path an upgrader will take. We also see triple and quad turbo setups with boost controllers kicking in each tu...
In 1923 ... I met Count Enrico Baracca, the pilot's father, and subsequently his mother, Countess Paolina. One day she said to me, "Ferrari, why don't you put my son's prancing horse on your cars; it would bring you luck." ... The horse was black and has remained so; I ...
Air conditioners in carsCar air conditioners work much the same way as home and office ones, only they're a lot smaller. The chiller part (which incorporates an expansion valve and an evaporator) is mounted behind the car's dashboard, the heat dissipater (incorporating a compressor unit and...