Nov 15 2020, 06:26 PM
QUOTE(lurkingaround @ Nov 15 2020, 06:17 PM)
Afaik;
Why Proton's X50 SUV, a quite heavy car, has only a Turbo 1.5 liter 3-cylinder engine and not a non-Turbo/normal-aspirated 2.0l 4-cylinder engine.? = for Proton to save on manufacturing costs by putting a smaller 1.5l engine in the X50, at the expense of the customers having to spend more money on higher fuel consumption, especially with slower turbo-city-driving.
Turbo = an additional small motor to deliver compressed air into the smaller 1.5l engine = more power(= as powerful as a non-turbo 2.0l engine) but also uses more fuel.
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In the old days(= pre-2010), you mostly only find turbo-chargers in luxury sports-cars like Porshe and Ferrari, used by rich daddy-kasi playboys as chick-magnets. The playboys did not mind paying more for fuel for the faster turbo-speed and/or bigger capacity engine for the small-sized sports-cars.
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Wait... I think there's something the wrong way round here. Turbo chargers are designed to improve efficiency of the engine. Same power output can be achieved by a smaller displacement engine through the use of turbochargers. Smaller displacement = less fuel used to fire the cylinders. Turbochargers don't need fuel to be injected into it.Why Proton's X50 SUV, a quite heavy car, has only a Turbo 1.5 liter 3-cylinder engine and not a non-Turbo/normal-aspirated 2.0l 4-cylinder engine.? = for Proton to save on manufacturing costs by putting a smaller 1.5l engine in the X50, at the expense of the customers having to spend more money on higher fuel consumption, especially with slower turbo-city-driving.
Turbo = an additional small motor to deliver compressed air into the smaller 1.5l engine = more power(= as powerful as a non-turbo 2.0l engine) but also uses more fuel.
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In the old days(= pre-2010), you mostly only find turbo-chargers in luxury sports-cars like Porshe and Ferrari, used by rich daddy-kasi playboys as chick-magnets. The playboys did not mind paying more for fuel for the faster turbo-speed and/or bigger capacity engine for the small-sized sports-cars.
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The whole higher fuel consumption perception is because of driving style. People with turbochargers tend to put their foot down more.
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