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How Mazda's Dynamic Pressure Turbo Works - Mazda CX-9 The Mazda CX-9 is powered by a 2.5L inline four-cylinder turbocharged ...
Ford’s EcoBoost badge has become shorthand for small engines that hit like bigger ones while using less fuel, but it is often dismissed as “just a turbo.” In reality, EcoBoost is a tightly integrated ...
Should you go with a naturally aspirated engine or a turbocharged one? Both have pros and cons, but we think one engine type ...
When you go to a gas station, you are presented with several types of fuel, each labeled according to an octane number. While most cars can do with regular gas (generally 87 octane), it is often ...
GM currently applies the TurboMax brand to the turbo 2.7L I4 L3B gasoline engine. Which has us wondering - should GM also ...
Turbocharged engines can be great at boosting performance and efficiency, but in life, as in economics, there's no such thing as a free lunch. In other words, benefits like those come with a cost, ...
The turbocharger (or turbo) is essentially an air pump that feeds more compressed air to a gasoline or diesel engine, hence the reason why turbo engines are often referred to as "forced-induction" ...
While BMW certainly used to favor naturally aspirated engines, the German automaker has been relying on boosted fours and sixes much more frequently over the last 20 years. BMW has experimented with ...
As an avid car enthusiast, Joe enjoys time on the track, going to car meets, or simply taking a long drive in the Colorado mountains. Joe has always had a love for writing and cars, so he decided to ...
The 1.6L Gamma engine makes the Veloster Turbo a tunable favorite, but not all projects end with more power – some end with a hole in the block. Hyundai’s 1.6-liter turbo Gamma engine is popular among ...
Even BMW and Porsche aren’t making as much power from their comparable engines. Like the larger six-cylinder unit, this model punches above its weight, with six-cylinder levels of power and torque but ...