turbo question
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turbo question
sup people, i was talking to my friend from school (the one who inspired the DOHC question) and he said that when he gets a turbo for his honda it'll get better gas mileage than it is now. He goes on to explain how turbo works and how it will relate to better mileage and i'm comatose when he's done. as i was driving home i was thinking he is wrong. if you add more air to a car you need more gas to burn it. am i right? oh yea is there an accord type R?
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From: Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Vehicle: 2008 Toyota Prius 2006 Suzuki SV650S
His gas mileage will NOT go up. Turbochargers are NOT "gas saving" devices.
Tell the schuckazoid to go read "Maximum boost" by Corkey bell BEFORE he buys his turbo. He just might learn about 10,000,000 things.
He (Corkey) rather clearly states that Turbo chargers do not increase fuel economey, and something to the effect that if you belive that, he has some swampland in flordia to sell you.
[ October 10, 2001: Message edited by: Random ]
Tell the schuckazoid to go read "Maximum boost" by Corkey bell BEFORE he buys his turbo. He just might learn about 10,000,000 things.
He (Corkey) rather clearly states that Turbo chargers do not increase fuel economey, and something to the effect that if you belive that, he has some swampland in flordia to sell you.
[ October 10, 2001: Message edited by: Random ]
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Here's some simple science that he might be able to wrap his brain around...
Your car needs to use a specific air-to-fuel ratio to run properly. Running rich or lean are bad places to be, so you try to tune your car to avoid these situations. If you are running a turbocharger, your engine is having air fed to it, instead of having to fight a vacuum and draw air into the cylinders. Regardless, you still have the same VOLUME in each cylinder, so you will still be using the same RATIO of air to fuel.
Your car needs to use a specific air-to-fuel ratio to run properly. Running rich or lean are bad places to be, so you try to tune your car to avoid these situations. If you are running a turbocharger, your engine is having air fed to it, instead of having to fight a vacuum and draw air into the cylinders. Regardless, you still have the same VOLUME in each cylinder, so you will still be using the same RATIO of air to fuel.
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No Accord Type-R here, Japan has a SiR, but only Europe has a Type-R and that model is a sedan. American Honda DID build an Accord Coupe Type-R to show off, but that car never made it and probably never will. It sits inside the Marysville, Ohio Plant, one of a kind. Oh yeah I heard of the Civic Type-RR. It has Big Wheel and Playskool etched into the fenders, with SHlT-VIC in custom crayon graphics on the hood. Its powered by a pack of eskimo dogs and their testicles are wired so that they're shocked everytime you turn the ignition hahah
