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Old 11-12-2010, 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Codifex Maximus View Post
I agree with MTUpower on this one. In addition, those tiny water droplets are probably like bullets to rapidly spinning turbo blades.
yup...

a 4" diameter turbo spinning at 100k RPM has a rim speed of 1,189 MPH, OK the MB turbo is smaller, and won't be at full RPM at say 2,500 engine RPM, but even so, it is a very good analogy to something in between extreme bead blasting and water cutting.

Basically it is a great way to kill a turbo very fast indeed.
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