turbo
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"I lifted off the power and when I went back, I had no turbo, so then I had no power," Russell said.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
The turbo in-line six-cylinder engine was fine and all but, one customer complained, “it sounded like you were driving a Honda.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Some e-scooters have a "turbo mode" setting, meaning they can reach speeds of around 28mph.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
But it's not the din of a 1.6-litre V6 turbo hybrid engine which has caused the alarm.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
A whirring sound starts—like some kind of turbo jet engine—and rises to a fever pitch.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
Throw in a flat-plane crankshaft, low-inertia turbos and equal-length exhaust runners and you’ve got a hurricane on a dimmer switch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
Some manufacturers definitely want turbos to stay, others are more ambivalent.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026
The turbos also allow precise modulation of intake pressures for improved combustion efficiency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
No replacement for displacement, sure, but the lovely thing about turbos is how easily you can modify them to increase engine power and even improve fuel economy.
From The Verge ● May 3, 2022
The door was closed, and the Terrans braced themselves under the low roof as the engine started up with a whine of worn turbos.
From The Yillian Way by Keith Laumer
