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A Dawg Jr
12-07-2003, 07:21 PM
besides the obvious... make it faster, but how??? What does it do to make the car faster??

A20A1
12-07-2003, 07:28 PM
uses exhaust gases to spin the turbine to compress air in the other turbine that leads to the intake...

1988starter
12-07-2003, 07:50 PM
www.howstuffworks.com

k-roy
12-07-2003, 08:14 PM
Compressed air, along with a hotter spark and more air, adds to the compression of the engine. More fuel with more compression = more power.

zero.counter
12-07-2003, 08:15 PM
I'm telling you, read Corky Bell's Turbo book!