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Article #151: Breathe New Life into your Grand Prix with an Aftermarket Turbo Charger

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A classic car revival has been sweeping which will allow the car to achieve more
the continent for the last decade, power per compression.
bringing new enthusiasm both for classic Turbochargers are more efficient than
cars and the latest models of certain other power boosts such as superchargers
classics as companies roll them out. The as they use the emissions of the engine
Grand Prix from Pontiac is one of the few to drive the turbine, rather than a belt
muscle cars that has enjoyed continuous that is connected to the engine. Belts
production since it first came on the necessarily take away some of the power
market in 1962. Today the Grand Prix is from the engine overall; the use of the
Pontiac's largest car, with modern exhaust to drive the charger means that
innovations in power drive and emissions instead of taking power out of the
making it cutting edge technology. equation, the mechanism is effectively
As with most muscle cars developed in the recycling an already occurring
60's and right through the 90's, though, by-product.
the Grand Prix lacked an efficient system In order to truly breathe new life into
which would generate the power it needed that Grand Prix, you will need to make
in order to be truly impressive without sure that the engine does not waste power
costing an arm and a leg when it came to due to back flow; thus the need of the
fuel. Not only the Grand Prix, but entire turbo charger kit. Kits are
virtually every other model of muscle car designed to reduce backflow around turns
suffered in popularity not due to a lack in the exhaust system through waste gates
of enthusiasm over form or power, but and bends in the pipes. Too many bends
simply due to practicality. mean a lot of different welds, increasing
Today, it is possible to breathe new life the chance of leaking exhaust gases and a
into your classic Grand Prix by fitting resultant loss of power, but a kit which
it with an after market turbo charger or incorporates only one or two bends will
turbo charging kit. The intake pressure mean less possibility of leakage.
of standard cylinders is determined by If you're looking for an efficient way to
the atmosphere, whereas a turbocharger bring the power back in your Grand Prix,
puts more control into the hands of the a turbo charger is a good way to go.
vehicle owner. Turbo chargers work You'll be able to use more fuel in a
through forced induction; a compressor cycle, and the fact that the charger uses
forces more air into the cylinder at the the emissions to run means that there is
intake point. Because there more air, no compromise in terms of power output.
there is also capacity to burn more fuel,






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