Close-up of a large turbocharger with welded stainless downpipe…

Extreme close-up of a large turbocharger mounted low in a car's engine bay, showing the cast compressor housing and polished inlet, the turbine housing bolted to a V-band, and TIG-welded stainless downpipe/exhaust tubing below it. An oil feed line, a red wastegate and a black-topped wastegate/valve sit alongside the chrome grille bars and aluminum core support at the left.

AI caption February 2011 · Photo 76 of 187