How does a Turbocharger work?
A turbocharger allows an engine to produce more power by introducing more air to the engine. This added air, when added with the appropriate amount of fuel will produce more power. So how does a turbo make more air available to the engine? A turbocharger has two “wheels” each of which look very similar to the plastic pinwheels that kids play with. The turbo uses the flow of exhaust gasses to make the turbine wheel of the turbo spin (same principle as a windmill, only on a very small scale). The turbine wheel is mounted to the same shaft as the compressor wheel. When the turbine wheel makes the compressor wheel spin fast enough, the compressor wheel starts to suck in air and spit it out toward the engine faster than the engine would normally suck in air on its own. When this happens, the turbo has “spooled up” and begins to create turbo boost and the engine gets more air than it would normally, so the potential for more power increases along with the boost. The way this system works has
