• Question: how does a turbo work

    Asked by superman to Laura, Lily, Mark, Paul, Sarah on 18 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Mark Roberts

      Mark Roberts answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      A turbo works by increasing the air pressure in an engine by compressing the air going in.

      So as you know you burn things in an engine and to burn things you need air (well more accurately oxygen) so if you compress the air you have more of it in the engine so you can burn more fuel at once and hence get more power out of the engine

    • Photo: Lily Asquith

      Lily Asquith answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      This is a really good website if you want to know how stuff works: http://auto.howstuffworks.com/turbo.htm

      What it basically says is that it allows you to force more air into an engine, which in turn means you can force more fuel in, which makes you go much faster.

    • Photo: Laura Maliszewski

      Laura Maliszewski answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      Depends on the turbo, what did you have in mind?

    • Photo: Paul Roche

      Paul Roche answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      I wish I knew – my car has one, but, like the engine, I have no real idea what makes it all “go”. Luckily, the man in the garage does, so as long as he’s happy, I’m happy….and my car goes.

    • Photo: Sarah Bardsley

      Sarah Bardsley answered on 18 Jun 2010:

      You know I have no idea. Its not an area of science that I know much about! I bet you could put it into wikipedia and find out though.

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