Glossary / Engine

turbo kits

10 Episode Mentions

Too Afraid to Ask

A turbo kit is a set of parts that lets a car use a turbocharger, which makes the engine produce more power.

Technical Definition

Turbo kits are aftermarket components that add a turbocharger to an engine, increasing power by forcing more air into the combustion chamber.

Hear It Discussed

"...including even adding turbo kits and stuff."
What are we Watching? Bring a Trailer Podcast 29:04

"It was one of the first commercially available turbo kits in Japan and offered substantial power gains, boosting the L20's output from a modest 112 to approximately 160 horsepower, which was a 70%..."
How Japan’s Fastest Cars Were Built in a Cowshed Past Gas 12:47

"Turbo kits and intakes and exhausts and suspect like every suspension mod known to man, interiors, body kit, whatever you want, you can get them for that."
Scotty's dilemma and Car of the week! Car Torque with Matty J 16:00