It shoots a flame through the turbo to keep it spooled fully, so if your RPM’s go too low, you don’t have to wait for the turbo to spool back up.
an anti-lag-system basically sends a flame through the exhaust manifold into the turbocharger to make it spin fast and produce boost even with low engine-rpm, so that there is always big-ass boost when you need it.
And then loud bangs and fire happen.
where does the flame come from then?
Flames come from engines running rich mixture. Having a lean mixture increases the temperature (and power, I admit), and may destroy your engine. Most turbocharged modified cars are running rich. Excess of fuel is burnt in the exhaust. Also if your Antilag is ignition re-map switch type system then extra fuel is sent into the engine, meaning it’s running even richer
Anti lag normally changes the ignition timing so that the engine fires later, this causes more of the fuel to burn in the manifold and keeps the turbo spinning while you are of the throttle. It can also inject extra fuel when you are off the throttle to keep the turbo spinning. Some systems also have a bypass valve that sends air from the intake into the manifold to help spinning the turbo. Basically when you are on the throttle the engine runs normally and when you release it the ignition changes to keep the turbo spinning. This is to reduce the turbo lag when you get on the throttle again.
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It shoots a flame through the turbo to keep it spooled fully, so if your RPM’s go too low, you don’t have to wait for the turbo to spool back up.
an anti-lag-system basically sends a flame through the exhaust manifold into the turbocharger to make it spin fast and produce boost even with low engine-rpm, so that there is always big-ass boost when you need it.
And then loud bangs and fire happen.
where does the flame come from then?
Flames come from engines running rich mixture. Having a lean mixture increases the temperature (and power, I admit), and may destroy your engine. Most turbocharged modified cars are running rich. Excess of fuel is burnt in the exhaust. Also if your Antilag is ignition re-map switch type system then extra fuel is sent into the engine, meaning it’s running even richer
Anti lag normally changes the ignition timing so that the engine fires later, this causes more of the fuel to burn in the manifold and keeps the turbo spinning while you are of the throttle. It can also inject extra fuel when you are off the throttle to keep the turbo spinning. Some systems also have a bypass valve that sends air from the intake into the manifold to help spinning the turbo. Basically when you are on the throttle the engine runs normally and when you release it the ignition changes to keep the turbo spinning. This is to reduce the turbo lag when you get on the throttle again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyJn40ExwZY
awesome thanks :)