Actual functioning Turbo for gas/nitrous models?.

[Flerbizky]

Makes me want to buy an old gas car just to try it: http://turbokeychains.com/index.html

[Grastens]

Plumbing this turbocharger key-chain would be the first thing that comes to mind of anybody in its target audience

A quick search reveals some really neat turbocharged RC cars out there, including this one with a miniature rotary engine over on RCTech! http://www.rctech.net/forum/nitro-road/139551-turbocharged-rotary-mazda-rx-7-a-2.html

[sparkysx]

Aren't Nitro cars fast enough without this?

[Flerbizky]

Define "Fast enough" (:

[chickenman242tk]

any form of forced induction on a nitro engine is garbage. a nitro engine is similar in aspect to a 2 stroke engine which at any given point will never actually seal thus making boost useless. if you want to lean out and destroy your engine a stupidcharger is the way to go , hit up youtube for some funny vids of clowns with them.

[Grastens]

This explains why the subject I posted had a rotary instead of a conventional nitro 2-stroke... I think?

[sparkysx]

All those cars in thse vids still look poor compared to brushless/lipo

[Wooders28]

Nitro engines love forced induction,look at Top fuel dragsters.2 strokes don't gain much though,you get a cleaner charge as the 'boost' pushes out all of the exhaust gas but that's about it.

Ran a blown schumacher xtr3e and it made marginal difference,but looked the business!

[Tamiya1/10]

Not sure at 1:10 turbo would work at all because turbo at 1:1 scale spin at 100,000 rpm or more, the amount of heat and friction would destroy any cheap non cooling turbo within a few hrs. of driving. Maybe that is why turbo was never used in rc, except for supercharge in 4 stroke, which is more mechanical and rpm is much much lower.

[oz-trash-cowboy]

As above, there has been some 4-stroke supercharger options available. If it was viable for a 2 stroke, Paris etc would have done it already. The smart money for more power seems to be leaning towards increased capacity.