Garrett Turbo Tech

Understand how a turbo system works and the components that make up a typical turbocharger system.

 

Journal vs. Ball Bearing

The journal bearing has long been the brawn of the turbocharger, however a ball bearing cartridge is now an affordable technology advancement that provides significant performance improvements to the turbocharger.

 

Garrett GT vs. T Series

Turbocharger technology has advanced during the recent years, and at the forefront of that wave has been Garrett, leading the charge of modernization at the OEM level. One notable advance at the OEM's has been the shift from the traditional T-turbocharger to modern GT technology...

 

Air Flow Maps

Here you can look at air flow maps for both compressor and turbine wheels. A flow map is there to assist turbocharger designers in choosing the best compressor and turbine wheels for a given application. The flow map graphs themselves are produced in laboratory type, controlled conditions with little or no variances in altitude, temperatures, barometric pressures etc.

 

The Benefits Of MAP

To understand how a MAP-sensor works and what advantages it has over the standard Air Flow Meters (AFM) that came on our cars, or even upgraded Mass Air Flow meters (MAF), we have to examine how these devices generate a volume-air-flow signal to the Bosch Motronic computer (DME)...

 

BorgWarner EFR Turbos

This exciting new turbo technology from BorgWarner is set to be hitting be the performance aftermarket very soon - the EFR turbo is already expected to be the hottest performance product for 2011...

 

Garrett GT-R Line Up

Browse our searchable database of the Garrett GT-R Line Up. Here you can view Small, Medium & Large frame specification, maps and images, and compare specifications of all GT models.

 

Turbo Matching

What do you really want from your Hybrid Turbocharger?

 

Technical FAQs

All your turbocharging related technical questions answered...