First gear, useless. Second gear? Well, let’s just say you better be holding that steering wheel straight when the boost hits. The noise can only be described as a tearing sound, as the tires just ...
When it comes to efficient power-adders, turbocharging is hard to beat. Rather than rob power from the crankshaft to spin a blower, turbochargers harness wasted exhaust energy to make boost. This ...
Back in the November '05 issue, we covered the installation of the Hellion Power System 5-liter turbo kit. During that install, we kept glancing to the other side of the shop to check out what the ...
When I bought this car last August, it wasn’t running and it needed a bit of a refurbishing as it’d been sitting for years. It had decade-old tires, the alignment was horrifying, and the brakes were ...
My first drive in a turbocharged street car was a 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse with the 210HP 2G turbo setup. That car was super fun and gave me an appreciation of forced induction and how quickly it feeds ...
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I installed a $10,000 turbo kit on my Supra
I finally ditched the old setup and installed a $10,000 single turbo kit on my Supra. Bigger power, louder spool, and way more boost than before. The install wasn’t simple, and the first start had me ...
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Twin turbo setup: What it is and how it works
Twin turbo systems explained: how they work, why V6 and V8 engines use them, real-world performance gains, and when twin ...
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