When they started putting 4cylinder turbos engines in large cars and pickup trucks I got no end of flack from people who crowed about their great high horsepower turbo engines and refused to believe that such engines would be lucky to live half as long as a V8 with similar power. Now I hear them crying.
How do you spell “Turbo”? T-R-O-U-B-L-E.
“How do you spell “Turbo”? T-R-O-U-B-L-E.”
I have built several engines along with some turbo motors. When building an engine that’s going to be supercharged, it has to be built bulletproof from the ground up. Otherwise, all a supercharger does for an engine is make it a lot easier to hand grenade.
Yup, those heavy Ford Explorer owners are finding that out the hard way. Now, you can get 1200 horsepower out of a multiple turbo’d 4-banger if done correctly. But how long will it last? About 10 passes down a quarter mile track-if you are really lucky.
I once saw a big John Deere with 7 turbos mounted on it spool up at a tractor pull. Left the line like a fire-breathing banshee and about halfway down the track it blew the entire head and hood clean off! But man was he was really hauling up until then-lmao!