Porsche is still the only manufacturer to
use turbochargers with variable turbine geometry in gasoline engines.
The standard 3.5 - liter V6 produces a healthy 300 horsepower and 261 pound - feet of torque and, refreshingly in this day and age, it doesn't
use turbochargers to generate that grunt.
A pair of four - cylinder petrol motors and another pair of four - cylinder diesels (all of which will
use turbochargers for their 2.0 - litre capacities) will shoulder the heavy lifting.
All the petrol engines
use turbochargers to boost power, including the entry - point 148bhp 1.4 - litre unit.
Turbo supplier Honeywell predicts that about a quarter of all new cars in the U.S. will
use turbochargers by 2017.
If that's not your cup of tea, the Shelby folk also used the SEMA show to unveil the new Turbo Mustang — one of the first Shelby Mustangs ever to
use a turbocharger in lieu of a supercharger.
But when the Mazda CX - 7 people - schlepper
uses a turbocharger and doesn't even bother to proclaim as such with a snazzy badge, you know the romance is gone.
When we are
using a turbocharger to compress the incoming air, the air gets hotter.
Using a turbocharger is a nifty shortcut, cutting costs and assembly time, with the major downside being that turbochargers connect to the manifolds on their sides rather than inline (for obvious reasons).
The very fancy ones
use a turbocharger instead, but it is crankshaft - driven with an overrunning clutch (with a whooper of a gear - up)- functioning as a centrifugal blower until the engine develops enough power for the turbine to spin up.
One method for increasing performance into a static displacement includes forced induction, as with models such as the Toyota Supra and Nissan 300ZX which
used turbocharger applications and the Toyota MR2 which used a supercharger for some model years.
This is an engine that
uses the turbocharger, and not high revs, to achieve its mission.
The bigger engine
uses a turbocharger with variable turbine geometry.
Honda's press release specifies a 1.5 - liter engine for the Civic
using a turbocharger and direct injection.
The 2.5 GT
uses a turbocharger with a 6 - speed manual transmission used exclusively in Japan and North America with Australia being able to choose between the 6 - speed manual or 5 - speed automatic transmission; vehicles identified as «3.6 R» use the EZ36 flat - 6 engine with a 5 - speed SportShift conventional automatic transmission.
The 3 - liter V6 diesel engine
uses a turbocharger to produce 254 horsepower and 443 pound - feet of torque, and brings in 22 mpg city and 28 mpg highway.
The range comprises two petrol engines, a 3.8 - litre 90 ° V8 producing 523 bhp (390 kW; 530 PS) and a 3.0 - litre 60 ° V6 producing 404 bhp (301 kW; 410 PS), 2,979 cc (182 cu in); [51][52]
both use a turbocharger per cylinder bank, twin intercoolers and are direct injection.
The car's performance potential is best manipulated by
using the turbocharger and by shifting at the exact moment.
Said engine is an all - new 3.9 - liter V - 8 that
uses turbochargers — heretofore heretical to many Ferraristi — which boost power to a stratospheric 661 - horsepower and bring torque output to a huge 561 lb. - ft.
In the S - model, Porsche also
uses a turbocharger with variable turbine geometry.
We also like it because it busts the myth that to be a viable powerplant in 2016 an engine must
use a turbocharger.
The recently - introduced 2006 GTI goes back to its 4 - cylinder roots, but ups the ante by
using a turbocharger.
Mazda: Flush with the odd success of the underpowered 2001 MP3 Protege model, Mazda pumps up the power to an in - the - ballpark 170 horsepower
using a turbocharger for the 2003 Mazdaspeed Protege, taking a name from the company's speedy performance heritage.
Alfa
uses turbochargers to boost the Giulia's performance, deploying a single turbo on the 2.0 - liter direct - injected inline four - cylinder engine in the base and TI, and twin turbos on the 2.9 - liter direct - injected V6 in the Quadrifoglio.
, the new mill displaces 3.0 liters and
uses turbochargers with modified compressor wheels, a specific exhaust system, and a revised engine management system.
Let's start with the nitty - gritty: T5 is shorthand for an all - aluminum 2.0 - liter four - cylinder engine that
uses a turbocharger to provide 248 horsepower at 5,500 rpm and 258 pound - feet of torque over a broad band that stretches from 1,800 to 4,800 rpm.
The engine
uses a turbocharger, which is essentially a fan driven by already - burned exhaust gas leaving the engine.
Ford is improving the fastest by selling more hybrids and by
using turbochargers to power smaller, more efficient engines (without reducing performance).
Not exact matches
This means Vandoorne has now
used five
turbochargers and five MGU - Hs, resulting in a 15 place grid penalty for the race.
In place of
turbochargers and high - octane gas, the scientists tweaked their engine design and
used an additive to speed the oxidation of hydrogen peroxide into fuel to create nanomachines 350 times more powerful than any previously built.
As the researchers have shown in various studies on mice, the widespread active ingredient sildenafil or a medication against pulmonary hypertension, for instance, can be
used to reduce the number of white fat cells to the benefit of the brown fat cells and thus accelerate fat burning like a
turbocharger.
For over 30 years RB Racing has been the leader in
turbocharger development for Harley - Davidson motorcycles The rubidium - strontium dating method is a radiometric dating technique
used by scientists to determine the age of rocks and minerals from the quantities
Compared to the outgoing inline - six, the new four - cylinder is both more powerful and torquier,
using direct injection, Valvetronic variable valve lift, and a twin - scroll
turbocharger.
Things kick off with the SL 400, which makes
use of a 2996cc V6 with twin
turbochargers for a 362bhp power output (from 5500 - 6000rpm), and 369 lb ft of torque between 2000 and 4200rpm.
Improvements will be felt from behind the wheel as well, with a reduction in weight of up to 80 kg per unit compared with current engines, and significant advancements in low down torque being achieved thanks to the
use of what JLR calls «state - of - the - art
turbochargers.»
While previous engines
used a so - called single sequential
turbocharger, which utilized two turbines on a single shaft, the new
turbocharger — a Garrett GT37 — is a conventional, single - compressor turbo.
The
turbocharger - mounted thermal energy recovery unit converts heat from the turbo into electrical energy that can either be stored in the battery or
used as an immediate power booster.
The M178 engine
uses a «hot inside V» layout, meaning both of its
turbochargers sit inside the valley formed by the two banks of four cylinders.
The M3 and M4
use the audio system at the lower and middle end of the rev range to compensate for the muffling effect of the
turbochargers.
The theory behind downsizing was sound: Reduce engine size and you reduce fuel
use; attach a
turbocharger to the engine, and you make up for the deficit in performance created by choosing a smaller engine.
Like the Fiesta but unlike the Renault, it
uses a three - cylinder powerplant, here in 1199cc format, and a
turbocharger.
The GTS
uses larger
turbochargers and a little more boost than the Carrera S, giving it an additional 30 horsepower and 37 lb - ft of torque in comparison.
The upgraded T6, which comes standard with all - wheel drive,
uses the same four - cylinder but with a supercharger in addition to the
turbocharger, bumping output to 316 hp and 295 lb - ft of torque.
The direct - injection 3902cc V8 has a compression ratio of 9.4:1 and
uses two IHI twin - scroll
turbochargers with ball - bearing shafts that reduce friction by 30 per cent.
Sure enough, Tym and his team
use it to tune the M5's V - 8 engine and its two
turbochargers up from 560 horsepower to 700.
Those cost concerns all but preclude the
use of pricey fuel - saving technologies like
turbochargers, cylinder deactivation, and eight - speed transmissions.
The Gumpert Apollo
uses a 4.2 - liter V - 8 sourced from the bossman's old company, but two massive
turbochargers help it breathe a bit better in this application.
The big impact of the 48 - volt electric system is that Audi will
use the added power for electric
turbochargers.
The
turbocharger provides its power in fat, easy - to -
use doses, its whine mixing pleasantly with the boxer engine's growl.
Having shown the Audi RS5 TDI concept with the technology, Hackenberg confirms that Audi plans to
use electric
turbochargers on future models.