Found a great article on upcoming turbo tech.

http://www.autospeed.com/cms/A_110993/article.html

Imagine higher effciency turbos with tighter compressor to wall clearances that are faster spooling for their size since there are no oil lines. Imagine a turbo swap without draining coolant or messing with oil.

The thought of no parasitic losses from oil, ball bearings or journal bearings is intriguing.

 

Very interesting indeed. There are actually a couple good articles that I just found on that site. Thanks for sharing.

 

thats some crazy stuff! very nice find!

 

magnetic bearings ftw

 

cool read

 

I know a guy that works @ a machine shop and has done some work with air bearings. It is very cool stuff.