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Variable turbo... wtf mate - JackoliciousLegs - 11-29-2005
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- Andy - 11-29-2005
I read that on Autoblog earlier. I wonder what sort of reliability issues that thing will have.
- G.Irish - 11-29-2005
Hmm, I wanna say F1 cars of the turbocharged era had this but I'm not 100% sure. It might have only be variable area nozzles or something. Still, pretty cool for a production car.
- Evan - 11-29-2005
"necessitated the creation of new heat-resistant materials to handle the hotness"
:lol:
- KPWSerpiente - 11-29-2005
Like it says...not really a new concept. Glad to see it'll start hitting production cars soon.
-T
- CaptainHenreh - 11-29-2005
KPWSerpiente Wrote:Like it says...not really a new concept. Glad to see it'll start hitting production cars soon.
-T
Mom and Dad's Jetta have a turbo just like this. I believe a company in Britain called Aerocharger made them for gasoline vehicles in the 90's, Corky Bell talks about them in "the book", it's a very cool technology, but nothing revolutionary. Quick spool, no need for a wastegate, but I think historically there have been some reliability issues with the high-heat exhaust output of gasoline engines that have limited the wide-spread production of this type of turbocharger to diesel engines.
- ViPER1313 - 11-29-2005
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- Evan - 11-29-2005
*confused*
someone other than Jeff posting about a Dodge product?!!
- ScottyB - 11-29-2005
Evan Wrote:*confused*
someone other than Jeff posting about a Dodge product?!!
beat me to it
- CaptainHenreh - 11-29-2005
I wanna say maybe the MR2 turbo had some kind of variable turbine?
Or maybe that was just a divided exhaust housing. I'm too lazy to look it up.
- BLINGMW - 11-29-2005
CaptainHenreh Wrote:Mom and Dad's Jetta have a turbo just like this.
yeah, for some reason I thought a few companies were already using them... :dunno:
ViPER1313 Wrote:http://www.xmission.com/~dempsey/shelby/sheldod9.htm
but the shelby was not one of them. That was a variable NOZZLE setup, not variable vane. Other manufacturers have done similar, with some kind of adjustment for inlet opening size or shape.
- Andy - 11-29-2005
CaptainHenreh Wrote:I wanna say maybe the MR2 turbo had some kind of variable turbine?
Or maybe that was just a divided exhaust housing. I'm too lazy to look it up.
The mr2 turbo didn't have variable turbine and I'm pretty sure it didn't have a divided exhaust housing.