Turbo Decreasing life?

[CryoCarnage]

I heard about how turbo might decrease the life of your car. I was wondering is there actual proof of this? If anything i think it should increase it

[H4LFY2nR]

With a ghetto setup on an N/A motor without proper tunning, the engine's lifespan will probally be reduced. Damaged ringlands come to mind. How would it increase it?

[CryoCarnage]

heh i just want to think that. I'm not actually thinking that.

[buh_buh]

Well if your going to double the car's hp, it definately will decrease the life of it. Basically everything is moving twice as fast as its made for.

[GTS Jeff]

driving your car hard decreases the engines lifespan...

[bspot]

Leaving your car parked in your garage for a couple years decreases its lifespan.

[statick]

H4ly2nr, set it up properly and it will still run quite some time.

[Zero102]

Well if your going to double the car's hp, it definately will decrease the life of it. Basically everything is moving twice as fast as its made for.

Not exactly, I think it would be under twice as much stress, but not going twice as fast.

Turbo'ing any engine will decrease the lifespan of it, however if you add a turbo to an engine that was built for it, it will still have a relatively long life.

[finboy]

everything will decrease the life of your car, enjoy it while you have it

[no9t9]

Originally posted by Zero102

Well if your going to double the car's hp, it definately will decrease the life of it. Basically everything is moving twice as fast as its made for.

Not exactly, I think it would be under twice as much stress, but not going twice as fast.

you're right. the big problem with putting turbo's or superchargers is the stress it puts on the other engine parts. Basically, a turbo has the same effect as increasing your compression ratio... Increasing the compression ratio means more pressure in the cylinder which leads to prblems if your engine components can't handle the added pressure.

[buh_buh]

What? How can you "add" a turbo to an engine that was built for it? I'm assuming he's talking about the Celica GT-S that's in his profile. So his engine is not built for it to begin with, and turboing it definately will decrease the life of the engine. And relatively long life is subjective. How long is relatively long? Bottom line, turboing it will be more detrimental to the engine than not turboing it.

[2.0turbo]

I'm sure some motors are built for a turbo and do not come with one. Not a celica though.

[no9t9]

Originally posted by 2.0turbo
I'm sure some motors are built for a turbo and do not come with one. Not a celica though.

older celica's came with a turbo... the 4wd celica. that was a pretty good car.

[M_Power]

^^the new celica's don't use that same engine.

[GT-FOUR]

The N/A Celica engine, the 3S-GE, in the 4th and 5th gen celicas, had a similar engine. There were many similarities, however a couple differences I can think of.

-3SGTE has piston oil squirters
-3SGE has higher compression ratio
-different intake manifolds
-different cams

[ACX]

my car has a static compression ratio of 8.1:1. That is meant for boost.

[scooby_dooby]

just think about it, when you get more horsepower what does that mean? A bigger more powerfull explosion, of course it will wear parts out quicker.

Anytime you exceed the engineers margins of safety, and push beyond what the stock parts were DESIGNED to handle, you will decrease the lifespan of your engine, that's just common sense.

Doesn't matter if it's NA, Turbo or Nitrous, stock will always last longer and be more reliable.

[finboy]

Originally posted by ACX
my car has a static compression ratio of 8.1:1. That is meant for boost.

7.6:1 here, and my car will still probably blow a piston before yours, damn old school short commings

[CelicaST-162]

8.4:1 here....hmm whats gonna blow first, engine or tranny

[Scat]

Originally posted by finboy

7.6:1 here, and my car will still probably blow a piston before yours, damn old school short commings

7.6:1 seems incredibly low to me.
you must be running 40-50psi ...