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Honeywell Racing | | Today’s racing turbochargers owe as much to aerospace engineering as they do to automotive design. Advanced materials and leading-edge technologies are taking turbocharger performance on the race tracks and rally stages of the world to higher levels.
“Keep it light, keep it low” – that’s what race teams want from their turbochargers according to Honeywell Manager Doug Milliken. “Light” because race cars want to carry as little weight as possible and “low” in terms of packaging and center of gravity.
Certainly as far as weight is concerned, there have been dramatic reductions over the last decade or so as a result of new materials and improved turbo aerodynamics. Many of these performance gains have been leveraged from collaboration between Honeywell’s turbo engineers and their aerospace counterparts.
Says Doug: “The use of titanium, magnesium, and ultra thin stainless steel has reduced the weight of a racing turbo to about one third the weight of an equivalent commercial turbo.”
Almost all Honeywell’s Garret® racing turbos utilize ball bearing technology to exert the advantages of ultra-low friction and to deliver fast turbo response.
“In most race series, the rules define very clearly the parameters of engine design. So whether it’s power, reliability and fuel efficiency at Le Mans, the high boost and rugged performance required by rally cars or the ‘power to pass’ demanded by Champ Car, our role is to optimize turbo performance through partnership programs that embrace advanced materials, leading-edge design and world class manufacturing processes.” |
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