unique turbos
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unique turbos
Are there any turbos that add more than a 100 hp? It seems like every turbo says it adds about 100 hp 2 the wheels which is good but i am just curious. Also mwhat is your favorite turbo kit?
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turbos dont add hp, turbos add denser air into the combustion chamber which in turn makes ur engine able to burn more gas which makes for more my, turbos typically can be built for different boost pressures, normal atmospheric pressure is 14.4 lbs a sq inch at sea level, so if u put 7 lbs of boost on ur engine ur gonna gain about 50% power theoretically, now u will normally only see close to that 50 percent if u have an intercooler to cool down the air flow, so adding 14.4 lbs of boost pressure would gain u 100% of ur engines original hp if there werent the other factors that rob u of that hp, which im not gonna get into because im lazy and tired, but if u start with a 200 hp engine a with a turbo u can easily make an extra 100 with a 400 hp engine u can easily make an extra 150-200, without ever pushing serious boost pressures. but if u only start off with a 100 hp platform yes it will be very hard to get out 100 hp without serious boost pressures how that makes sense to u.
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Originally posted by crxb16er
turbos dont add hp, turbos add denser air into the combustion chamber which in turn makes ur engine able to burn more gas which makes for more my, turbos typically can be built for different boost pressures, normal atmospheric pressure is 14.4 lbs a sq inch at sea level, so if u put 7 lbs of boost on ur engine ur gonna gain about 50% power theoretically, now u will normally only see close to that 50 percent if u have an intercooler to cool down the air flow, so adding 14.4 lbs of boost pressure would gain u 100% of ur engines original hp if there werent the other factors that rob u of that hp, which im not gonna get into because im lazy and tired, but if u start with a 200 hp engine a with a turbo u can easily make an extra 100 with a 400 hp engine u can easily make an extra 150-200, without ever pushing serious boost pressures. but if u only start off with a 100 hp platform yes it will be very hard to get out 100 hp without serious boost pressures how that makes sense to u.
turbos dont add hp, turbos add denser air into the combustion chamber which in turn makes ur engine able to burn more gas which makes for more my, turbos typically can be built for different boost pressures, normal atmospheric pressure is 14.4 lbs a sq inch at sea level, so if u put 7 lbs of boost on ur engine ur gonna gain about 50% power theoretically, now u will normally only see close to that 50 percent if u have an intercooler to cool down the air flow, so adding 14.4 lbs of boost pressure would gain u 100% of ur engines original hp if there werent the other factors that rob u of that hp, which im not gonna get into because im lazy and tired, but if u start with a 200 hp engine a with a turbo u can easily make an extra 100 with a 400 hp engine u can easily make an extra 150-200, without ever pushing serious boost pressures. but if u only start off with a 100 hp platform yes it will be very hard to get out 100 hp without serious boost pressures how that makes sense to u.
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well tuned you should see 10-12 hp per psi. if you have an engine that can handle the additional forces of 20 psi you should see an additional 200-240 hp....assuming an engine that made 160 hp (b16a) you should see appr 330-360 hp to the ground after boosting and tuning.
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there are many different types of turbos most commonly used in most of our little honda's are t3/t4 hybrids or garrett t25s but their are different sized turbos, and with different sizes u get different characteristics, if ur interested in learning about them id suggest checking out
http://www.homemadeturbo.com/
these guys use a wide variety of setups and different turbos with lots of different results everything to wonderfully fast cars to blowing their engines in less than a day so read up.
http://www.homemadeturbo.com/
these guys use a wide variety of setups and different turbos with lots of different results everything to wonderfully fast cars to blowing their engines in less than a day so read up.