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Well these guys in my Physics class were whining about how their N/As had "Major Turbo lag" I was like, Turbo lag? You have a non turbo 240sx idiot. He was like Turbo lag is how long it takes for your car to get moving once you punch the gas at a stop, and that it was worse with an automatic like he has. I thought that turbo lag was how long it took for the intercooler to fill with air, transfer it to the turbo and the throttle to respond after it is struck. These guys are The Fast and the Furious fans, and thing "granny shifting" is some horible thing people do to their cars. I'm just making sure I have the right idea going here. More info on this would be helpful.
Thanks,
Charles

 

You're right hes wrong.

 

Its excessive spool up time of the turbo.

 

It's what happens when the airpump belt breaks

 

Thanks dre, you da man, man.
Charles

 

Lag is the time it takes the turbo to get to boosting after you punch the skinny pedal. If you aint got a turbo, you have no turbo lag.

Cory

 

hahaha....this 240 guy is funny

 

That's one of the saddest things I've ever heard. Here's a page to show those idiots so that they may be educated and so people won't laugh at them as much. http://www.howstuffworks.com/turbo3.htm

 

Tell them if they don't have turbo, they don't have turbo lag, but what they do have is a slow *** 240SX.

 

Turbo Lag: The delay between when you press or release the gas pedal and the turbo boost changes when the engine load and rpm are such that boost may be produced.

Boost Threashold: The rpm at which boost begins (ie when the manifold pressure exceeds ambient pressure).

Throttle Response: The delay between when you press or release the gas pedal and the engine rpm's or torque changes.

Acceleration: The rate at which your car changes speed (or in the case of your physics class, it's the vector quantity of the rate at which an object changes velocity, hehehe). A = (Vf-Vi)/t. This is what your friend thinks is turbo lag. Hopefully he will learn otherwise in class.

 

"Turbo lag" is the amount of time it takes for "turbo lax" to take effect in the digestive system of those morons. Probably the same guys that came up with the idea of "blowoff valve sounding airhorn system" for non turbo cars.

 

Turbo lag? Thats what happens when you were in the wrong gear


Daniel

 

when you have a 3" downpipe and TID. "turbo lag" is the amount of time it takes your brain to tell your foot to move down

 

That only works with the puny stock turbo

 

a figment of your imagination