could someone explain NA vs turbo to me?

[frusciante fan]

i've looked on google and haven't found much. think this is in the right spot...

[J]

na is naturally aspirated, meaning no turbo or supercharger the engine sucks the air in as it needs it.

 

Turbo is pretty much a air compressor, it compresses the air and shoves it into the engine, thus making more power, along with added fuel that is

[Dan94Z34]

Couldn't have said it better myself

[fastbird232]

The turbo is powered by exhaust gases from the motor, BTW.

[jeremy]

I always thought NA meant "Nitrous Activated"

[Curlybandit]

This might help.

 

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/turbo.htm

[john99gtp]

seriously, how stuff works is the shit

 

awesome site

[Prospeeder]

Turbo has a wheel, that one end spins from exhaust gas, and the other end spins, and compresses the air, (explains the whole thing in the Turbo Grand Prix Manal, even a little picture, lol) and a supercharger is belt drivin, and it compresses the air, using the accesory drive from the motor, its provides instant power, but its boost ability is limited, while turbos are only limited by the amount of exhaust the engine produces and the size of the turbo

[john99gtp]

ahh, but superchargers can raise the boost by adding on a smaller pulley

[dbtk2]

ahh, but superchargers can raise the boost by adding on a smaller pulley

 

And turbo's can raise the boost by restricting the vacuum to the wastegate. It takes much less time than swapping pullies and you can control it more precisely.

 

Shawn

[digitaloutsider]

ahh, but superchargers can raise the boost by adding on a smaller pulley

 

And turbo's can raise the boost by restricting the vacuum to the wastegate. It takes much less time than swapping pullies and you can control it more precisely.

 

Shawn

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[88Regal Limited]

I always thought NA meant "Nitrous Activated"

Naturally Asperated

[digitaloutsider]

I always thought NA meant "Nitrous Activated"

Naturally Asperated

Sarcasm > yu0.

[Prospeeder]

Is Nitrus considerd a form of induction? Oh oh, what about elecitric cuperchargers

[Guest TurboSedan]

nitrous is basically chemical supercharging.

[DaveFromColorado]

if you add Nitrous to your car, it's no longer naturally aspirated, because it will not be aspirating natural air... (see how that works)

 

allowing the engine to directly (or indirectly thru the air filter) see ambient air, you have a naturally aspirated engine, as soon as you add a supercharger, turbocharger, E-ram, Nitrous, or any other type of "power adder" to the air intake system, you now have a non-naturally aspirated engine.

 

--Dave.