What is the different between an induction kit and a turbo kit?

Answer 1

There is a massive difference.

An induction kit replaces the standard airbox and is designed to allow more, colder air to enter the engine. It does this by incorporating a free flow ait filter with allows a greater flow than a standard filter and by ducting cold air from the front of the car. The filter is connected to the inlet manifold by a free flowing pipe than the cars standard air box. In theory this allows the engine to breath better and can in some cases give a little more BHP, although poor induction kits can actually lose you BHP. prices start from around £50 although it depends on what kind of car you have.

A Turbo kit is designed to allow you to fit a turbocharger to a car that doesn't haveone as standard. A turbocharger is like a pump that forces air into your engine. So whereas a normally aspirated car sucks in air at atmospheric pressure, a turbo charged one forces air in at a greater pressure. Basically the greater the pressure for a given volume of air, the more air there is. So if you have more air you can add more fuel and get a much bigger bang. So more BHP. However fitting a turbo to a car is not cheap. Not only do you require the turbo itself, you also need the pipe work to connect it to the exhaust system (a turbo is driven by exhaust gasses), the pipework to connect itto the inlet manifold, the ECU software to allow your engine to put more fuel in etc etc. A decent turbo kit will start from around £2000. then you need to consider if the rest of the car is up to the extra power. Brakes and suspension will need upgrading but firstly you need to consider if the standard engine will cope.

I hope this helps. I've added a couple of links as well that give a bit more info.

Answer 2

An induction kit is fitted to the air intake of the engine and uses the velocity of the vehicle to increase the pressure of the air entering the engine. The gain in power will be minimal and mainly be derived from the improved airlfow dynamics of the inductor rather than the actual pressure increase. The effect increases with speed.

A turbo uses the exhaust gases to turn a turbine to compress the air entering the engine. The pressure depends upon the amount of exhaust gases and is dramatically greater than an inductor.

Both an inductor and turbo can be fitted together.

Answer 3

An induction kit - I believe it is a type of air filter - it replaces the standard one allowing more air into the engine - allowing it to perform better.

A Turbo Kit - The idea of this is to use the exhaust gases to drive a compressor which compresses the air going into the engine -- making it denser, which means there are more oxygen molecules per unit of volume -- so it makes a bigger bang when ignited with more fuel. Hey presto! More power. One way of looking at it is that a turbocharger enables a 2 litre engine to burn as much air and fuel as a normally aspirated 3 litre engine, or even more.

Answer 4

A induction kit is usaly just a new better flowing airfilter (K&N) and maybe depending on the vehicle and kit a different airflow meter. A turbo kit consits of a turbocharger, new manifolds and exhaust to enable the turbo to fit. But you can not just bolt on a turbo to a normal engine witout doing further modifications to stop it blowing the engine to bits!

Answer 5

Induction kit only work from air the is grabbed from the front of your car and forced in the engine!! This gives you a few horsepower!!! But the turbo kit works off your exhaust system and blows air back into your engine threw a inter-cooler, under pressure and gives you lots of horsepower!!!

Answer 6

Of what?

Usually turbo is the fast way and introduction is the easy but slow and explanatory way.