Could some explain this...

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look at the back off this Toyota...

it looks like there are 2 turbo's in the back.... or....is it just me...what about it?
does somebody have a movie with this car?

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Yep, those do look like turbos. That is the Toyota 7 right?

Here's a pic of the rear of the real car...

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No turbos there, although apparently the car went through a series of drivetraind in it's career, maybe at some point it was turbo and it was easier to model a couple of turbos backl there than trying to model all that extra suspension detail...

If so the car should be turbo in the game...

James
 
man that is a cool picture and now also my wallpaper and part of my screensaver:D
 
A shame that even though we're getting this and the Chapparal 2J "sucker car" from the Can Am, the cars that MADE the Can Am so great will be left out because of licensing issues.

Of course, I'm speaking of the immortal McLaren M8 series.

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M8B high-wing

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M8D (unfortunately, the car in which Bruce McLaren was killed)
 
S31Ender
That's wrong.
it just so happens that the turbo's piping is wrapped around the exhaust. Turbos are INTAKE related devices, not exhaust related.

Also..........it seems like someone could have gotten a few more horses out of that engine simply by moving the turbos a foot to the left and right, thus getting them away from the HOT exhaust pipes. The cooler the air in the turbo units, the more air you can push into the engine, the more power you have to work with.

Since no-one can seem to find a pic of a REAL car with those turbo units on it, it would be my GUESS that PD took artistic liscence when they put them in and where they placed them, because in a practical standpoint, to wrap the turbos around the exhaust (they are even touching the exhaust pipes!) would create a less than optimal performance setup.............


One last thing. Those pipes........the "spiral" shape that turbos usually resemble............I have a sneaking suspicion that the pipes on that car just resemble the shape of a turbo unit, notice........there are no turbines in those pipes. Thus I would have to say those pipes are NOT part of a turbo unit, but acutally piping for something else.......maybe part of the manifold intake ducts? Is there anyone that can find more info about the real car? And can someone please go into the game and confirm whether or not this car is listed as a turbo car in the garage.
That would end the speculation if it's listed as N/A

What are you on about? Turbos use exhaust gases/pressure to force air into the engine.. The brown pipes you see curving over are the exhaust pipes from the engine to the turbo, the silver ones are from the turbos compressor housing which goes to the engine.

Maybe you should read up a bit on how a turbo works..
 
Taurine
What are you on about? Turbos use exhaust gases/pressure to force air into the engine.. The brown pipes you see curving over are the exhaust pipes from the engine to the turbo, the silver ones are from the turbos compressor housing which goes to the engine.

Maybe you should read up a bit on how a turbo works..

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S31Ender
That's wrong.
it just so happens that the turbo's piping is wrapped around the exhaust. Turbos are INTAKE related devices, not exhaust related.

Also..........it seems like someone could have gotten a few more horses out of that engine simply by moving the turbos a foot to the left and right, thus getting them away from the HOT exhaust pipes. The cooler the air in the turbo units, the more air you can push into the engine, the more power you have to work with.

Are you serious??? there are a some things wrong with what you are saying:

1) turbos are intake devices, but they are driven by exhaust gasses

2) moving a turbo away from the exhaust is like moving a car away from its tires - it just doesn't work without 'em

3) that is a turbo. it isn't anything else and looks exactly like a turbo. Take a look at the pics and see for yourself.

4) gas heats up when it is compressed. That's what intercoolers are for. Plus, where the turbos are located doesn't matter anywhere near as much as where the air intake is

EDIT: Taurine beat me to it.....
EDIT 2: obviously a car can work without turbos, please don't read my post as saying that. I mean a turbo can't work without being linked up w/ the exhaust.
 
No prob S31 - you were probably thinking of a supercharger, which is belt-driven off the engine - no exhaust used, and no turbo lag either. Also, you can't really tell what you are looking at in the GT4 pic unless you know what to look for....and now you do.

If we didn't make mistakes we'd never learn anything.
 
Hey I just explained it in a picture form, so he understands better but by the time I posted it Minnesota01R6 already had.
 
Yeah, I'll admit I don't really understand fully how a car works. I understand about how the weight effects the car in motion and I understand about turbo lag (or I should say that it occurs) and a few other things but I don't know anything about the mechanics of it all. I race on the weekends and I've done some SCCA ClubRally but my buddy works on the car as a project for an independent study and I get to drive. We do pretty good together but I still don't really know what he does. On the other hand I can kick the pants outta him in anything with four tires. ....................any more or less and I get scared, they react funny. lol.
 
S31Ender
Yeah, I'll admit I don't really understand fully how a car works. I understand about how the weight effects the car in motion and I understand about turbo lag (or I should say that it occurs) and a few other things but I don't know anything about the mechanics of it all. I race on the weekends and I've done some SCCA ClubRally but my buddy works on the car as a project for an independent study and I get to drive. We do pretty good together but I still don't really know what he does. On the other hand I can kick the pants outta him in anything with four tires. ....................any more or less and I get scared, they react funny. lol.

www.howstuffworks.com is a great site for learning about a lot of crap, and they have a ton of automotive stuff on there. I have been proven wrong on many an occasion by that site.
 
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