Well, I know this is completely off the subject of thinktanks but I really wanna know how a turbo works and I wanna make a miniture turbo for a petrol powered car.
If anyone could help me out it would be great.

Muddafugga aka ThA_BeAsTa
"If there was no such thing as pity, I'd feel nothing but contemp for you"

That is what general is for!
XD Eagle

Just use Nitrous Oxide. Same effect, lots of power and then a trail of engine parts.

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/turbo.htm

Last edited: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 at 3:16:31 PM

@eagle
no, the general forums are for things related to thinktanks see in the forum index
and dan made a forum saying that so I can't really say that

Last edited: Thursday, March 10, 2005 at 4:43:27 AM

A turbo is comprised of two different housings positions side by side. The intake housing and exhaust housing. A turbine in the exhaust side is spooled up aka spun up by the exhaust gases. The other side of the turbo the intake side is another turbine that is linked to the exhaust side via a shaft. This shaft translates the rotational velocity from the exhaust side to the intake side. The intake side uses this rotational velocity to compress the incoming air making it more dense. This means your intake stroke gets more air in the chamber since it is more dense. This in turn creates one of the most efficient ways of increasing the horsepower and torque without robbing the engine of any horsepower. I wouldn't advise using nitrous oxide unless you carefully research how much your car can safely handle with your stock car or with the modifications you ave done to it. I've seen connecting rods blow out the sides of engine blocks, if you are not careful about nitrous. Do your research it pays off in the end.

Last edited: Thursday, March 10, 2005 at 6:34:34 PM