The first Soviet turbo engine - why serial production did not work

Did you think that in the Soviet Union they made mediocre and capricious motors, especially incapable of anything in competition with Western engines? And how do you feel then to find out that in the USSR there were classic ICEs with sixteen valves, and even a turbocharged engine that could “catch up with dope”? And even this is not all the secrets of the Soviet automobile industry.

Unfortunately, the USSR-made turbo engine did not “live” for a long time. He had a number of problems, because of which the designers, instead of continuing to refine and prepare a version ready for serial production, chose to abandon the idea and switch to other projects. Who knows what the Russian auto industry would have looked like today if they had chosen a different path at that moment.

A video was released on the author's YouTube channel "Vlas Prudov", which details the history, design and features of the first turbocharged engine in the USSR. The author also described the reasons why the development did not take off. If you're interested, take just 5 minutes to watch.