A turbocharger is the best power-adder by far. Not only do turbos harness otherwise wasted exhaust energy to drive the compressor, their modular nature lets compressor and turbine housings and wheels ...

Turbocharger journal bearings are made from a soft material, the surfaces are the first to show damage. An inspection of the original bearings (two outer parts) showed no wear from dirty oil.

If you are an automotive enthusiast, there’s a good chance you already know what a turbocharger is and how it works - you may even own a turbocharged vehicle. However, not all enthusiasts are created ...

Mechanical Dynamics & Analysis (MD&A) repaired a Frame 5 gas turbine rotor. MD&A replaced 1st and 2nd stage buckets, repaired the seal area on the row 1 turbine wheel, performed compressor blade ...

Somewhere between the boosted ZC's that roamed the streets long before mags like this one graced the newsstands and the exponentially more powerful B-series drag mills of today, the lost art of turbo ...

All turbo machinery is subject to degradation that, over time, will affect the system’s efficiency and operational performance. Precise monitoring of turbo machinery performance with continuous torque ...