Turbo engines explained

[MattL]

With all the talk about turbo engines this year, I thought it might be a good idea to understand some of the technical differences between these and the S2000 'normally aspirated' units.

With the help of Mountune boss, David Mountain, I put together a 'layman's guide' to turbo engines and how they work - hopefully it helps with understanding where the differences come from...

You can read the article here: http://bit.ly/j7bUtU

If you've got comments or questions after reading, please post away!

Matt

[focusfan]

are all the engines based on manufacturers own engines ie focuses on ford engines, civics on honda engines, vectras on vauxhall engines etc.

[MattL]

Hi focusfan,

The base engine has to be from within the manufacturer's range (or group, in the case of VW, SEAT, Audi for example).

Matt

[focusfan]

so what base engine does the toca supplied engine use? Matt. also i presume S2000 engines are 2.0L, what cc are turbo engines?

[AndySpeed]

so what base engine does the toca supplied engine use? Matt. also i presume S2000 engines are 2.0L, what cc are turbo engines?

It's an old GM (Vauxhall) unit. Turbo engines are 2.0L turbos.

Nice thread and post too. Thanks for sharing.