Downsized 4.0 TFSI for Audi S8 cuts fuel consumption 23% compared to predecessor; cylinder deactivation and start-stop
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 11, 2011
From each pair of cylinders, the exhaust ports lead separately to a manifold and the turbocharger housing; they are not combined until immediately ahead of the turbine. The twin-scroll technology prevents the exhaust gas flows from influencing each other. TFSI reacts immediately to the gas pedal as a result.
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