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Old Apr 20, 2012 | 01:31 PM
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Modern small turbos can hit 330,000 rpm! Also some turbos in race use are traveling at .98 the speed of sound at the outermost edge of the turbine blade! while I was working at Garrett I saw a video of a truck turbo when a foreign object was let in - WOW or rather bang! Then the oil was pulled through thus removing all your engine oil in short order as well as a knackered turbo.... knackered engine!
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