How Do Turbocharger Wastegates Work?

How Do Turbocharger Wastegates Work?

Technical
With the wonders of forced induction, a smaller engine can create the horsepower and torque of a larger-displacement engine. Engineering Explained goes into a bit more detail (with a lot more clarity) than that. Also, the video below briefly explains the difference between internal and external wastegates. Now that you possess this knowledge, go forth into the world and impress your automotive enthusiast friends the next time the topic of Turbos spools up. Watch below Engineering Explained explain how wastegates work and the diferences between an internal & external wastegate.
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Turbo Dynamics Sponsor Racing Driver Nick White

Turbo Dynamics Sponsor Racing Driver Nick White

Motorsport, News
We are very excited! Nick is an up and coming racing driver who has been an huge motorsports fan and started racing Karts at the age of 9 at local clubs and continued up the karting ranks to the age of 19. In this time, he achieved regular podium finishes and won local club championships. He also competed at a national level driving for a Kart manufacturer in Super one and the Kimbolton Festival. "My goal was always to race cars, but championships available were always very expensive. Today however, there are a lot more options to get into racing on lower budgets and I am pursuing my ambition of racing a season in a race car.  I have already taken the first steps and completed my ARDS test to gain a…
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Watch Turbo Dynamics DJ Firehawk Pick Up Some Serious Speed

Watch Turbo Dynamics DJ Firehawk Pick Up Some Serious Speed

Hill Climbing, Motorsport
And We're Off! Round 1 kicked off last week and what a way to start! Firehawk Picks Up Some Serious Speed! If you didn't know by now racing runs in the blood of Turbo Dynamics founder Peter Marsh as his late father Tony Marsh has an unbeatable record (in the Guinness Book of Records) of 6 times British Hillclimb Champion, 2 separate hat tricks 10 years apart. The Gurston Down Speed Hillclimb last weekend had 2 separate events. First up on Saturday was Round 1 of the Hamilton Classic ACSMC Hillclimb Championship. Both Peter & Simon Marsh (Brother & co-racing driver) used this opportunity to treat it as a test event to iron out some further issues and prepare for the Sunday event. Saturday The race was on but the…
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Turbo Dynamics Turns 25!

Turbo Dynamics Turns 25!

News
Happy Birthday to Turbo Dynamics! We celebrate our 25th anniversary. Turbo Dynamics are celebrating 25 years of the company in 2016. Turbo Dynamics Ltd is an independent, family owned business, established in 1991 by founder and Managing Director Peter Marsh. Specialists have been professionally trained to the highest of standards and are passionate about their work. Their performance equalled only by the performance of all the Hybrid and special build turbos manufactured over the last two decades. The company has become renowned worldwide for its quality products and service within the turbocharger aftermarket as well as doing R&D for OE manufacturers. Our customer base is worldwide and includes OE manufacturers, large automotive parts factors, specialist tuners, engine builders and other turbocharger companies. We have a heavy involvement with the racing…
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Go On And ‘Tag Us’

Go On And ‘Tag Us’

News
SNAP! Over the last couple of months, you the reader have been tagging us in all of your photos showing off your repaired, upgraded or brand new turbos and we love it! Whether it's Instagram, Facebook or Twitter, we welcome you to show off your Car, Truck, Bike, Lorry or even a JCB, we enjoy every single one of them! Here at Turbo Dynamics we encourage you to snap away, add your filters (Lo-Fi anyone?) and even add your very own TD sticker like these below: Simply add #TurboDynamics or @TurboDynamics to your post and we may even feature you in a Repost or a Retweet! Here are some of the great images you've been tagging... Open up your Instagram or Twitter app and get tagging today and we'll feature YOU!
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