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Past Gas #252: Great Moments in Turbocharger History

Past Gas by Donut Media

Donut

Automotive, Leisure, Comedy, History

4.97.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

From humble beginnings to the high boost, anti-lag skittering turbines we know today, turbochargers have more than 100 years of adding power and making engines more efficient behind them. Join the guys as they revisit the most important turbo eras in history and highlight the most iconic turbocharged cars of those eras. Thanks to our sponsors: Thanks to Allstate for sponsoring today’s episode! Click here to check Allstate first and see how much you could save on car insurance. This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit https://BetterHelp.com/PASTGAS today to get 10% off your first month. Get 20% off at https://SHOPDUER.com/PASTGAS Go to https://SHOPIFY.COM/gas to upgrade your selling today. More about Show: Follow Nolan on IG and Twitter @nolanjsykes. Follow Joe on IG and Twitter @joegweber. Follow James on IG and Twitter @jamespumphrey. Follow Donut @donutmedia, and subscribe to our Youtube and Facebook channels! Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or using this link: http://bit.ly/PastGas. If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be helpful! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: http://bit.ly/PastGas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey what's up welcome back to past gas this week we are talking about great moments in

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turbocharging history this is a really fun one just a collection of stories a grab bag if you will

0:09.2

about everyone's favorite engine modification we're gonna be talking about the onset of those Whirley boys until they're

0:16.8

Edventon racing in the 70s and 80s and even up until our modern day turbos, which are super sick,

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that's right.

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The best noises, give us that precious boost.

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And we got our boy Tristan Kim here today.

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Hello, let's get into it.

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The year is 1984, and you're standing in a serene, idyllic, snow-covered forest at the break of dawn.

0:40.0

It almost be fit for a postcard, except for the fact that you're huddled together with hundreds of other people outlining the curve of a narrow snow-covered road.

0:49.0

The sheer level of anticipation is measured in the crowd's silence. A smattering of murmur can be heard as the sun

0:56.3

slowly rises. You start to hear the minor offbeat roar of something that sounds truly

1:01.8

out of this world as the murmur cease.

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The road isn't constant.

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It's frequently interrupted by a chattery high-pitched is.

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Both noises are getting louder.

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Suddenly, a white and yellow coop with headlights strewn across its nose rages into the picture,

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sideways with snow flying off all four tires.

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The offbeat roar has completely enveloped every single person's

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ear drone within a hundred feet. And then it's gone. The crowd roars as the

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Audi Sport Quattro S1 disappears into the distance. The

1:34.2

outie, like so many of the monstrous group B cars of the era, made incredible

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