How do you setup compound turbos
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There are aftermarket kits available for almost every motor.
Compound turbos are set up in a way that one turbo feeds another. So that the piping would go
Intake -> Turbo -> Turbo -> Block
The exhaust is generally split between the two turbos. Either 1) by a Y-Pipe, or 2) by dividing the left and right exhaust ports to separate turbos.
Compound turbos are set up in a way that one turbo feeds another. So that the piping would go
Intake -> Turbo -> Turbo -> Block
The exhaust is generally split between the two turbos. Either 1) by a Y-Pipe, or 2) by dividing the left and right exhaust ports to separate turbos.
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If there is a size difference, the small one comes first. This is to "eliminate" (quotes because it just reduces) turbo lag. However you dont need to have a small and large, they can be the same size.
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Ok cool thanks. That was where I was getting hung up on. I'm working on a project for an engineering class and it's on turbo design. Compounds are one of the points I was hitting during the paper
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There are aftermarket kits available for almost every motor.
Compound turbos are set up in a way that one turbo feeds another. So that the piping would go
Intake -> Turbo -> Turbo -> Block
The exhaust is generally split between the two turbos. Either 1) by a Y-Pipe, or 2) by dividing the left and right exhaust ports to separate turbos.
Compound turbos are set up in a way that one turbo feeds another. So that the piping would go
Intake -> Turbo -> Turbo -> Block
The exhaust is generally split between the two turbos. Either 1) by a Y-Pipe, or 2) by dividing the left and right exhaust ports to separate turbos.
So far, the most common setup I've seen is a smaller quick spooling turbo on the engine in the normal spot, normal plumbing, and instead of the exhaust going directly to under the truck, it drives a 2nd larger slower turbocharger, which pre- charges the air going into the smaller quick turbo.
I was looking at and researching this myself not long ago, much reading needs to get done sometime.
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Or each bank of a v8 feeding a turbocharger, and the intake air traveling through one first, then the 2nd?
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