Gearheads who want their car to go faster need more horsepower, and that can be achieved with a turbocharged engine. Turbochargers are installed to produce more power by increasing the density of the ...

Over the past 25 years, turbochargers have gone from a relative rarity to a fixture of the new-car buying experience. Where in 2000 only 1% of new cars had the technology, according to the ...

A turbocharged engine features several components for it to efficiently build boost and function correctly. The intercooler is there to make the most of the compressed air heading into the intake ...

to control boost pressure. It achieves this by regulating the amount of exhaust gas flowing through the turbocharger's turbine, reducing its power output. This consequently slows the turbo's ...

There's a struggle within the performance aftermarket as positive-displacement blowers battle the centrifugal-style units. Internet battles and bench-racing sessions across the country have pitted ...

“Supercharging” goes all the way back to 1860 when the Roots brothers patented a device to increase the amount of air injected into a blast furnace. The turbocharger was patented in 1905 by Swiss ...