Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Fuel efficiency when turbo charging

Since a turbocharger increases the specific horsepower output of an engine, the engine will also produce increased amounts of waste heat . This can sometimes be a problem when fitting a turbocharger to a car that was not designed to cope with high heat loads. However, the higher compression ratios attained generally contribute to greater fuel efficiency.
It is another form of cooling that has the largest impact on fuel efficiency: charge cooling. Even with the benefits of intercooling, the total compression in the combustion chamber is greater than that in a non turbo engine. Finding ways to cool intake charge without lower boost increase fuel economy.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

the TORNADO? Oh God get real, that thing has been disproven so badly in so many places as a hoax.

Josh said...

WOw so how is it my blog is a area for advertisement for bullshit products. The Tornados idea is cool but device doesnt work. I tested it. Swirling air only works when Its swirled right before the combustion chamber of each piston. As a matter of fact OEM manufactureres leave the dimples inside intake manifolds from casting to cause the air to swirl around for better gas milage. Polish your intake and loose much of that swirl. And agian this Tornado thing DOES NOT WORK. Save your money or go by a proven performance program module for your car, or hell turbo charge it if it doesnt have a turbo. I wish there was a way to delete these comments.