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Pumba

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Since: Apr 23, 2004
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2004 8:34 pm
Post subject: What is a turbo?
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Hi all,

What does it mean to have a turbo charged engine? How is it different froma
"regular" engine.

Any pros/cons?

Thanks in advance!

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Homer6

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2004 10:38 pm
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<a rel="nofollow" style='text-decoration: none;' href="http://auto.howstuffworks.com/turbo.htm" target="_blank">http://auto.howstuffworks.com/turbo.htm</a>


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 > What does it mean to have a turbo charged engine? How is it different
froma
 > "regular" engine.

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2004 11:32 pm
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DOH!!

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<font color=purple> > <a rel="nofollow" style='text-decoration: none;' href="http://auto.howstuffworks.com/turbo.htm</font" target="_blank">http://auto.howstuffworks.com/turbo.htm</font</a>>
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  > > What does it mean to have a turbo charged engine? How is it different
 > froma
  > > "regular" engine.
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Eazy-e

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 4:58 pm
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A turbo is something that converts the pressure realised by shifting gears
into power.
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news

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 2:30 pm
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I know what is turbo for vehicle, and also know how to benefit from turbo
timer.......



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>A turbo is something that converts the pressure realised by shifting gears
> into power.
>
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Malcolm William Mason

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 6:55 pm
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On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 14:30:36 -0400, "news" wrote:

>I know what is turbo for vehicle, and also know how to benefit from turbo
>timer.......
>
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>"Eazy-e" wrote in message
>
>>A turbo is something that converts the pressure realised by shifting gears
>> into power.
>>
>
What kind of BS is this and what is a turbo timer?
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