Turbo`s & Intercoolers
 
                                         
Turbo Diesel
Major manufacturers started mass producing Turbo Diesel cars in the UK market around 1990, demands for diesel were increasing for about 5 years previous and more performance was sought after, hence introduction of the turbo for diesel engined cars, though Turbo diesels on trucks have been around for many, many years. The Turbo Charger in itself is a simple but amazing piece of technology, using the flow of exhaust gases to power and turn a turbine which is linked via a spindle to an impeller on the air intake side coming from the air filter, the filtered air is then forced (Charged) into the inlet manifold in turn allows a larger amount of air to be entered into the cylinders. The power increase developed with the aid of a Turbo Charger is quite considerable even though diesels use low boost pressures.
                 
wastegate: Most automotive turbochargers have a wastegate, which allows the use of a smaller turbocharger to reduce lag while preventing it from spinning too quickly at high engine speeds. The wastegate is a valve that allows the exhaust to bypass the turbine blades. The wastegate senses the boost pressure. If the pressure gets too high, it could be an indicator that the turbine is spinning too quickly, so the wastegate bypasses some of the exhaust around the turbine blades, allowing the blades to slow down.

                                             
Intercoolers
A problem with turbo charging is that the charged air developed from Turbo makes the oxygen content in the air is lowered from the heat developed from the turbo charger itself, colder air has a higher level of oxygen than hot air. any type of Fuel requires oxygen to burn, highering the oxygen levels improves combustion. Intercoolers are fitted to get back the oxygen content in the charged air by cooling the air down again before the charged air is let into the inlet manifold, Intercoolers are a type of radiator similar to a car radiator, situated where cold air can be passed through to cool the charged air inside it when the car is moving, and is fitted in line between turbo and inlet manifold.
                                               
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