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The longest race ever attempted by the IPG Race Team was a huge success. 6 Hours of road racing takes a toll on the car, drivers and crew but the IPG Team managed to run the entire race and actually finished in great position. The event was the annual PBOC Winterfest 6 Hour Enduro at Sebring Intl Raceway. (January 12th, 2012) A tough qualifying session put the team in the back of the pack in 42nd place to begin the race. But endurance racing isn't always about where you start, it is about consistency and reliability. Drivers Louis Murphy, Russell...

Courtesy of www.TurbobyGarrett.com Getting a little more complex here. Trim is a common term used when talking about or describing turbochargers. For example, you may hear someone say "I have a GT2871R 56 Trim turbocharger". What is 'Trim?' Trim is a term to express the relationship between the inducer* and exducer* of both turbine and compressor wheels. More accurately, it is an area ratio. * The inducer diameter is defined as the diameter where the air enters the wheel, whereas the exducer diameter is defined as the diameter where the air exits the wheel. Based on aerodynamics and air entry...

Courtesy of www.TurbobyGarrett.com. The journal bearing has long been the brawn of the turbocharger, however a ball-bearing cartridge is now an affordable technology advancement that provides significant performance improvements to the turbocharger. Ball bearing innovation began as a result of work with the Garrett Motorsports group for several racing series where it received the term the ‘cartridge ball bearing’. The cartridge is a single sleeve system that contains a set of angular contact ball bearings on either end, whereas the traditional bearing system contains a set of journal bearings and a thrust bearing Journal Bearings Ball Bearings Turbo Response –...

We are big fans of the Garrett Turbochargers. Over the years they continue to offer a great product with great value. Reliability is very important to us when it comes to the products we sell and use and the Garrett Turbo Product line are some of the most reliable turbochargers on the market. This excerpt is taken from the www.TurbobyGarrett.com website -- they are a wealth of information and we will do what we can to get the knowledge to our customers. http://www.turbobygarrett.com/turbobygarrett/basic How a Turbo System Works Engine power is proportional to the amount of air and fuel that...

We had our recently completed Integra RS project out to the drag strip last Friday night at the Orlando Speedworld Dragway for some initial testing. We decided to put some MT 22" x 8" x 15" ET Drag Slicks on it since they are a similar size to the street tires that we are running so we can avoid changing the ride height for the various racing activities we want to be able to enjoy with the car. Unfortunately that tire size is not ideal at all for a 500 horsepower FWD car but we will keep on working with...