BRADLEYSUMMERS
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- Nov 3, 2008
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Hey, id like to know from Opel Corsa or any Opel diesel drivers if this is the truth or not. I recently bought a 2009 Opel Corsa 1.3 CDTI an payed a lotta money for it. A few days ago I asked a friend of mine that tunes cars what I can do to my car when its warranty expires, inother words to give it some more power. After opening the hood and looking around a bit he told me you could put on a turbo, I was like dumbstruck as he said that it didnt have a turbo, this was then supposed to be a turbo, it does say CDTI (Common Rail Diesel TURBO INTERCOOLED) and I asked him why he said this. Then he told me that it was a COMPENSATOR and not a turbo and that it only boosted something like 0.3 bar which I couldnt believe. It apparently just lets a bit to more air into the combustion chamber. My car develops 66 KW and 200 NM from the 1.3 diesel engine, so he told me it would develope up to 80 KW or more if you put in a conventional turbo and boosted it to 1.6 bar or higher. OK, I dont really know a lot about engines (more about the car itself) so I couldnt argue. So diesel Opel drivers out there. Does this car have a COMPENSATOR or a TURBO and can you make it develop more KW and whats a COMPENSATOR and its job ? Whats the difference between a compensator and a turbo ? Please please reply to my question. Thanx in advance.