what dose a turbo charger do?

Answer 1

Its like an air compressor that blows air into the engine witch makes more power.

Answer 2

Lemme break it down for u in easy terms! An engine works on fuel, air, and spark. All three make an explosion,(combustion). Without any, or one of these three, the engine will not run. A turbocharger takes the waste off this explosion and creates more pwer with it. A car's engine is only about 20-30% efficient. Meaning that most of the energy created by the engine goes to waste. Hence the invention of the turbo. The exhaust gas forces a turbine to rotate, which makes the gas whirl into the compressor part of the turbo. There it is forced into the intake of the engine via the intercooler.(if u just took compressed exhaust and put it in the engine, the gas would explode too early and u would get no power.) This forced induction give alot of power. I mean alot of power!!! Now, u can't just slap a turbo on a car and think ur gonna be zoomin! Ther are alot of other factors involved!

Answer 3

Basically, a turbocharger brings more air into the engine, which helps combustion and makes the engine generate more power. This is accomplished by what is basically a fan driven by exhaust gases escaping the engine. The turbo only adds additional horsepower at higher rpms, resulting in a power curve that is low for the first couple thousand RPMs, then curves sharply upwards when the turbo kicks in. This results in "turbo lag", the delay in delivery of power that is one of the main drawbacks to turbocharging.
Also, a turbocharger is not the same as a supercharger, which is powered off the engine itself rather than exhaust gases.

Answer 4

A turbocharger uses the energy created by the exhaust gasses to spin a impeller that is connected to a turbine that enhances the intake charge to make more power for the engine,it's free horsepower.The only drawback is that the time it takes a turbocharger to get up to working speed (TURBO LAG) there is no extra power though that can be dealt with by using a properly sized turbocharger another drawback is the extra under hood heat created by the turbocharger and that extra heat does nothing for power that is why most high end turbocharger systems use a inter cooler to cool the charge before it goes into the engine.

Answer 5

a turbo is basically a fan that pushes more air into the cylinder creating more compression and thus more horsepower and in some cases more speed. but that will depend on how tall your gears are too. The exhaust is piped into an impepper that spins the fan so the fan gets hot, let the car idle for a minute or so before you shut it off or you'll coke up the bearings and trash the turbo.

Answer 6

A turbo charger crams more air into the cylinders to increase about 10%horsepower if you want more horse power buy a supercharger to increase more than 30% of horsepower(those are what monster trucks use) that all happens by craming more fuel and air into the engine.

Answer 7

Your exhaust gas gets vented or directed past a turbine wheel in the turbocharger causing it to spin. The exhaust turbine is on a shaft connected to the compressor side of the turbine which pulls in and compresses fresh air using the same type (centrifugal) turbine. This induction/compression causes more air to be pumped into the cylinder and properly mixed with fuel raises the horsepower. There are various devices (waste gate) etc made to control the amount of boost or extra air.

Answer 8

Turbochargers are a type of forced induction system. They compress the air flowing into the engine (see How Car Engines Work for a description of airflow in a normal engine). The advantage of compressing the air is that it lets the engine squeeze more air into a cylinder, and more air means that more fuel can be added. Therefore, you get more power from each explosion in each cylinder. A turbocharged engine produces more power overall than the same engine without the charging. This can significantly improve the power-to-weight ratio for the engine (see How Horsepower Works for details).

Answer 9

A turbo charger uses exhaust gases from the exhaust system

to run turbine that forces increased air to the carberation system.
to add more air pressure to the engine

Answer 10

A turbo compresses air, which is forced into a engines intake system, creating "boost pressure". It is a two chamber pump. An exhaust side and an intake side. Engine exhaust turns an impeller which, on the intake side spins to create boost pressure.
The boost pressure is plumbed into the intake, which allows the cylinder to fill with more air. More air means more power.

Answer 11

a turbo charger uses the exhaust pressure to spin a turbine, that in in lay terms puts more air in the combustion chamber. add the right ratio of fuel to that air and add spark, and you have more power. turbo's were invented to increase the amount of oxygen to a plane motor, at higher altitude.