Turbo Facts. Amazing Facts about turbos!
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| The average temperature of the exhaust gas, at the entry point to a diesel turbo, is 800 degrees centigrade. A petrol engine can reach 1000 degrees, glowing bright yellow. Hot enough to melt window glass. | |
| New generation turbo's impellers rotate at up to 220,000 revs per minute. The impellers on a Boeing 747 engine rotate at about 7,000 revs in comparison. | |
| The air entering a turbo's compressor impeller can be travelling at a speed close to mach 1. | |
| At average engine revs, a medium size turbo will swallow 130 cubic feet of air per minute, equivalent to the interior volume of a transit van. | |
| Turbo shaft balance is crucial - imbalance at maximum revs equivalent to a 2 kilogram force is acceptable. We often finds turbos supplied for service with 6 kilos of imbalance. This is equivalent to driving along with a brick attached to your wheel rim. | |
| The "hot end" turbine blades in a turbo, are made from a high nickel content alloy, as used in jet aircraft engines. A blade will travel in the region of 820 mph at average engine speed, and the exhaust gas entering it will be supersonic. | |
| A turbo will accelerate from 20,000 revs per minute to over 150,000 revs per minute in less that one second. | |
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