Today's daily sketch, if you don't know, is a turbo. Its not a particular brand or have any special meaning. I just really liked the idea of doing a sketch of a part from a car, and not a particular car.
Before the turbo charger, the only way to do forced induction was to use a supercharger. The first inkling of a turbocharger was from a 1905 patent by Alfred Büchi, a Swiss engineer. The first prototype was completed in 1915. This prototype was tested on aircraft engines to combat the power loss that they experienced at high altitudes. The turbo was then used on large engines in aircraft, large passenger ships, rail cars and other large stationary applications. It was not until the 1930s when Saurer, a Swiss truck manufacturing company on their BXD and BZD engines.
In the 1950s other automotive manufactures began research into turbocharging, however the infamous "turbo lag" issue could not be solved. It wasn't until the 1980s when the turbo became more common to increase performance in smaller displacement engines. The American truck industry started implementing turbocharged diesels in the 1990s. Now in 2024, it is becoming harder and harder to find a V8 or V6 in the automotive industry. Automotive manufactures have found that slapping a turbo on a four-cylinder engine is an easy way to have good fuel economy while making enough power for the everyday driver.
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