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Old 10-23-2001, 09:13 PM
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how they work?
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The name.
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Well, a twin turbo can be either staged or sequential. Bi turbo is banked.
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that's it? damn.
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Twin is often sequential, biturbo refers to a turbo for each [cylinder] bank
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Now i got it. Thanks!
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Default Well.....

"biturbo" usually implies the turbos spool up in parallel, as opposed to sequentially.

"twin turbo" can be either way (e.g., the Toyota Supra TT is a sequential turbo)

But they basically mean the same thing -- two turbos.

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Yeah, that :P
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Yeah, that :-P
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LOL!


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