One of the turbo engine's most iconic sounds is called the turbo flutter. That "stu-tu-tu-tu" sound the Nissan Skyline GTR R34 makes as the throttle closes is the sound of compressed air escaping past ...
For a long time in the automotive world, simply having a turbocharger on a street car was sufficient for bragging rights, as evidenced by the massive “TURBO” badging endemic to early Eighties machines ...
A clean-sheet engine design always merits a second look, and when that engine is a high-tech unit designed as the ...
A supercharger—such as a turbo—compresses air. Compressing air heats it. Heating air makes it expand. This is a Catch 22 inherent in supercharging. So rather than thinking of quantities of air in ...
Nissan wowed the automotive world when it introduced its Variable Compression (VC) Turbo technology in 2016. The innovative engine advancement, which essentially was capable of on-the-fly compression ...
According to Porsche, every 911 sets milestones in drive technology, proven in the world of racing. In 1974, the 911 Turbo ...
The 1.6L Gamma engine makes the Veloster Turbo a tunable favorite, but not all projects end with more power – some end with a ...
GM has filed a patent application describing a system designed to improve torque response in a turbocharged engine. The application was assigned patent number US 2025/0052207 A1 with the United States ...
COLUMBUS, Ind, — Cummins unveiled a new 2025 6.7-liter Turbo Diesel Pickup engine system for Ram Heavy Duty, along with its partners at Ram, on Wednesday. As part of this, Cummins and Stellantis have ...