Turbo Compressor #1 with Joe Bravo riding cruised to victory in the $500,000 Grade 1 United Nations Stakes at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New Jersey on Saturday July 7, 2012. Bill Denver/EQUI-PHOTO ...

Turbo. It's one of the best words in all of car culture, and also one of the most misunderstood. Everyone knows a turbo makes ...

There was a time when the V8 reigned supreme. When “There’s no replacement for displacement!” was affixed to every chromed-out muscle car’s bumper. As Bob Dylan once said, though, “The times, they are ...

For a few years now, Formula 1 engines have used electric turbochargers, with an electric motor attached to the shaft that connects the compressor and turbine wheels. The effect is virtually no turbo ...

One of the more difficult technical aspects of diesel performance is choosing a turbocharger. If you put enough fuel through a diesel engine, it's going to run up against a point where the stock ...

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 ...

Honda patents suggest that it is looking to expand its e-compressor technology to other engine types (and, thus, motorcycles) ...

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 ...

Learn how to prevent repeat turbocharger failures by identifying root causes, improving diagnostics, and following proper ...

To celebrate HOT ROD's 75th anniversary, we teamed up with CASTROL GTX to bring you some of the stories that exemplify the core of what HOT ROD is and reflect the brand's influence on America's car ...

Turbo Compressor #1 with Joe Bravo riding cruised to victory in the $500,000 Grade 1 United Nations Stakes at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New Jersey on Saturday July 7, 2012. Bill Denver/EQUI-PHOTO ...