I just read through the book TURBO Real World High-Performance Turbocharger Systems by Jay K. Miller. I would recommend this book for any newbies who are considering turbocharging their motor, or others who are just interested in the subject. It cost something like $16.95 on Amazon.

Here are the subjects the book covers:

1. Introduction to Turbochargers
2. Anatomy of a Turbocharger
3. Matching a Turbocharger to Your Engine
4. The Rise of Performance Diesel
5. Real Turbos: Manufacturers & Nomenclature
6. Designing & Installing a Turbocharger System
7. Building Your Engine for a Turbocharger
8. Tuning Your Turbo Engine
9. Turbocharger Maintenance & Rebuilding
10. Failure Analysis & Troubleshooting

Pros
Provides very good information about turbocharging in a very easy to understand manner.

Includes compressor maps for a variety of popular Garrett, BorgWarner, Holset and Turbonetics turbos.

Very little math. For those of you who do not like math, you will be happy with this book. It has a few very simple equations here and there, but that is about it. There are just enough of these to guide someone in their turbo/intercooler selection.

Cons

Very little math. For those of you (e.g., me) looking for engineering level information on turbos, it's not in there. As noted, the equations provided should be suitable to help someone select an appropriate turbo for their build, but most of that information can be obtained from the Garrett website.

There is not much information about any of the more exotic types of forced induction. There are two paragraphs in ch. 1 that provide a brief overview of what a compound turbo system is, but that is all. There was no information whatsoever on twin charging or sequential turbo charging.


If anyone knows of any other books on this subject, please post the title, author, and your thoughts.

 

good job for educating yourself and passing it along

 

great post Terry! plan on swinging by Barnes and Nobles and picking this up, then Maybe i can be as all knowing as you lol j/k

 

terry,

Maximum Boost by Corky Bell is another good read. It is a little outdated these days, but the basics are all there.......like understanding compressor maps.

 

IMO nothing beats the garrett site for basics!