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Compound turbos


JackyBoi
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I think the idea of compound turbocharging is such a good one I'm really surprised why more people don't do it. Especially on high horsepower cars. I think the idea of it is applied to 1000+whp cars which would normally take a long time to come on full boost with a big single, but a compound turbo kit can spool around 1.5 bar from just 2800rpm, with full boost usually achievable way before 4000rpm. Is there a reason no one uses them, especially on a Supra? Is it just simply much easier and cheaper to whack a single turbo in?

 

I know Titan Motorsports sell a compound kit (http://www.titanmotorsports.com/bolosucotuki.html) but there's only a couple of 2JZ engines I can find on the internet running compound turbos. They sound sweet as well :D

 

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As above, with the advent of relatively high compression, direct rail injectio turbo petrol engines, with modern management lag is a thing of the past, pretty much.

 

Compound turbo charging works best on diesels as they generally run a constant wide open throttle and control engine power by fuel. For reasons I forget this favours compound turbo charging.

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