Whenever you hear people talking about race cars or high-performance sports cars, the topic of turbochargers usually comes up. Turbochargers also appear on large diesel engines . Turbochargers are a type of forced induction system . The advantage of compressing the air is that it lets the engine squeeze more air into a cylinder.
More air means that more fuel can be added.
In order to achieve this boost, the turbocharger uses the exhaust flow from the engine to spin a turbine , which in turn spins an air pump . And since it is hooked up to the exhaust, the temperatures in the turbine are also very high. Where the turbocharger is located in the car. In this edition of How Stuff Works we'll learn how a turbocharger increases the power output of the engine while surviving these extreme operating conditions. Inc. All rights reserved.