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Speed School Podcast with Gale Banks

Sep 9, 2022

Walt Ware, former president of Garrett AiResearch, discusses the turbocharger's history in aerospace and how they eventually ended up in cars. 

00:00 Intro
02:40 Garrett's origin
09:25 Turbocharger origen
13:20 Triple spool jet engine
19:20 Operation Paperclip
27:05 Turbos compensate for altitude
36:10 Cafe standards...


Sep 3, 2022

Walt Ware, former president of Garrett AiResearch, discusses the history of automotive turbocharging and how Garrett was forced into the turbo business. Walt also tells fascinating stories about working on the SR-71 Blackbird and F4 Phantom engines. Gale explains why people are blowing up Corvette C8s and reveals...