Forced induction is the only way to get something like a 2.0L, four-cylinder engine to puff in enough air to behave more like a V-8 twice its size or to get that V-8 to bang out the sort of horsepower ...
What is robust design optimization (RDO), and is it better than standard optimization? In this customer case, we describe a multi-disciplinary optimization of a turbocharger compressor from Ford Motor ...
Somewhere between the boosted ZC's that roamed the streets long before mags like this one graced the newsstands and the exponentially more powerful B-series drag mills of today, the lost art of turbo ...
The turbocharger, or exhaust-driven centrifugal supercharger, is the world's most efficient power-adder, but it is also the most complex to install. It's been six years since HOT ROD examined ...