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5 TIMES TURBOS WENT TOO FAR

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WHAT’S THE PRICE OF POWER?

The Veyron used the same turbo boost pressure sensors as a Mk5 Golf GTI. The part cost $20, but the labour to replace one (on the Bug) was $1,800. Mind you, the Bugatti was five times as powerful

1 EXTREME TUNERS

Tuners are power fiends. So it really didn’t take them long to harness the performance benefits of turbochargers by strapping bigger and bigger snails to engines to really start pushing the realms of what’s possible.

Some take it to the extreme. None

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