horse power/boost question
05-18-2006, 03:57 AM
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horse power/boost question
What is the approximate horse power difference if someone is running 25 pounds of boost vs like 20. I have been running 25 for 8 months but my turbo died and plan on backin it off but I am still curious how much of a difference there will be. I probably couldn't tell by driving on the 2 different boost settings. right?
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05-18-2006, 05:27 AM
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unless you are running high octane fuel with lotssssa timing >:]
or if you have a really efficient turbo that flows a lot more air, like the garretts, at 10psi my 28rs makes more power then a K03/K04 @ 15-18psi
05-18-2006, 05:30 AM
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you may be running higher boost, but if your engine is not igniting
the fuel properly (running lean/rich, too little timing, too much timing) you will not make power efficiently. there are a lot of factors involved with running at peak performance.
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05-18-2006, 05:51 AM
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I have the gt28rs turbo with all additional goodies. I just don't want to kill the car.
I also have the sps3 and want to put race gas in it. is it silly to put 109 in it increase the timing but leave the boost at 22ish?
05-18-2006, 05:59 AM
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^^^ What he said... 15psi vs. 18 psi on K03 = more heat
now you're prolly running a diff turbo if you said you were running north of 20. A decently sized turbo like a GT28RS will see good power differences due to the volume of air that it puts out