Inside The Borg Warner EFR Turbocharger
Borg Warner fashions the EFR turbine housing out of cast stainless steel, a material that provides the benefits of low weight, excellent crack resistance, and smooth inner surfaces
Borg Warner fashions the EFR turbine housing out of cast stainless steel, a material that provides the benefits of low weight, excellent crack resistance, and smooth inner surfaces
The new BMW 6-Series Convertible has been released in picture form and is set to debut with a twin-turbocharged 407hp V8 engine or a BMW TwinPower Turbo inline-six 320hp engine.
When discussing the spool-up and high-end flow characteristics of a given turbocharger, the term “wheel trim” may pop up. If you’re in the market for a turbocharger upgrade, comparing new units, or are planning your own backyard DIY turbo kit, you’re bound to run across wheel trim.
The car itself is a tuned GT-R that uses a combination of free-flowing exhaust, ECU tune, and intake to generate 600hp.
The front and rear wide fenders allowed for a massive wheel and tire package, 13-inch wide wheels and 335mm tires in the rear.
Built solely for drag racing, the INABA Drag-R tuned by t-get is a 800hp turbocharged monster that has been stripped, lightened, slick-shod, and then boosted to all high hell. This is as purpose-built as it gets, folks. We like.
Retaining the Japan-spec EJ20 2.0-liter engine, instead of switching to the overseas 2.5-liter bottom-end, Marche tuned the power level to more than 500hp by raiding the HKS parts catalog.
Using a Top Secret BB900 turbo kit, JUN cams, HKS pistons, and connecting rods, the Top Secret Super GT-R puts out just under 900hp at 7,000RPM.
Campaigned in the FIA GT1 series, Sumo Power’s Nissan GT-R GT1 is a 600hp turbocharged racing machine that regularly takes on Aston Martin DB9s, Corvettes, and Maserati MC12s.
The Hurricane 7 is their latest widebody creation, covered in more white and baby blue stripes than a bad rap video. A transplanted 20B 3-rotor engine has been turbocharged
Pushing more than 500hp from just 1.3-liters requires either a big turbo or some wishful thinking. Pan Speed makes use of a custom built side-port rotary with a massive T04Z turbocharger.
BMW’s news release evens calls the 1 Series M Coupe a “BMW M3 chassis with Competition Package packed into a modified 1 Series body”.
We interview Super GT and Super Taikyu driver Yasu Kikuchi after he takes out the . With rain falling throughout the day, Kikuchi’s laps are all in the wet. This is just days after his arrival in the US, fresh off of his record at Tsukuba in the Revolution Mazda RX-7.
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We heard that their private media event would unleash an 812hp Nissan GT-R on to the track, we grabbed our keys and let the door hit us on the way out.
When compiling this list, we looked for the ten most important or talked-about new car announcements or debuts throughout the year. If you don’t see your Ferrari 599 hybrid on the list, sorry.
Zigen has taken the Japanese front-wheel drive record at Tsukuba Circuit. Using their newly revamped FD2-chassis Honda Civic Type-R,
The twin-turbo inline-six engine has been given 340hp and can run from 0-62mph in 4.9-seconds. BMW has labeled the engine “M TwinPower Turbo”
With almost 600hp, a welded and caged body, and a six-speed sequential transmission, the car moves on track.
With 247hp, a six-speed transmission, Recardo seats, big brakes, a new body, and a global platform, the 2012 Ford Focus ST had the booth abuzz at the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show.
Both were laying quick times (in the high 1:20s), the Supra by use of its power, which could be seen and dramatically heard on the front straight, and the S2000 by use of its constant throttle and neat lines.