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Eliminating turbo lag is less about making a better turbo, and more about making the turbo work in concert with the engine. This is usually about picking a good
by sliverstorm 13y ago
Eliminating turbo lag is less about making a better turbo, and more about making the turbo work in concert with the engine. This is usually about picking a good size turbo that picks up smoothly with the given engine.
Better turbos will make for better engines, but I would think you can never fix turbo lag with turbo improvements alone...
- cc439 13y agoMercedes has their turbo tied in to a motor/generator that smooths out the spin-up/spin-down cycle and can recover a bit of energy as a bonus. A lot of companies have tried to make electric-assisted turbos work but this is the first real-world application I know of.
- sliverstorm 13y agoOh, I see, so it isn't actually a traditional turbo at all anymore. That does change things.
- 001sky 13y agoThat is a cool feature. good use of instant torque. offsets the inertia during windup.
- silon5 13y agoThis is the way F1 turbo/engine is specified to work. Not specific to Mercedes. Only the split turbine/compressor is Mercedes specific.