Compound turbo setup.
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Compound turbo setup.
Anyone considered this?
Been thinking about this recently and not seen much in the subaru scene, mostly big cummins diesels and drag machines in the USA.
What's the downsides?
Anyone with more experience in this sort of thing?
Been thinking about this recently and not seen much in the subaru scene, mostly big cummins diesels and drag machines in the USA.
What's the downsides?
Anyone with more experience in this sort of thing?
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I work for a Volvo Truck And Bus dealership, Volvo used a compound turbo once and that was one time too many.
Overly complicated, don't get me wrong no less reliable but when things go wrong they are a lot more expensive to repair.
They soon dropped the idea and thankfully didn't use it again.
Overly complicated, don't get me wrong no less reliable but when things go wrong they are a lot more expensive to repair.
They soon dropped the idea and thankfully didn't use it again.
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You actually have the bigger turbo at the intake then it feeds a smaller one.
A twin turbo is 2 identical turbos hence the twin bit.
There's a hatch in America that's been done with a gt35 I think but I don't know what the smaller turbo is.
A twin turbo is 2 identical turbos hence the twin bit.
There's a hatch in America that's been done with a gt35 I think but I don't know what the smaller turbo is.
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ok, so now i'm learning something here. i always thought in a twin turbo system...the smaller turbo, boosting on low revs, feeds into the larger one. but clearly the small one shuts off at higher revs and the larger one takes over, but this small one does not boost into the larger one. instead it boosts via it's own conduit.
does VW's supercharger plus turbo system works like a compound or like a twin chargring system??
does VW's supercharger plus turbo system works like a compound or like a twin chargring system??
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