4Car on the new Mini Cooper S’ turbocharged engine

September 27th, 2006
muscular once on boost but soft-edged when accelerating from low speeds… despite its twin-scroll turbocharger, designed to reduce turbo lag by separating the exhaust pulses of cylinders one and four from those of two and three, so they don’t interfere with each other and reduce the energy available to drive the turbocharger. – 4Car

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