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Old 10-06-04, 12:51 AM
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Originally Posted by cavellm
The turbos are out of their efficiency range if after a 3rd/4th gear pull or two you notice your intake temperature rise by a few degrees C on your Power FC.

Any turbo will raise intake temps no matter the boost you are running. You compress air its temp goes up no matter what you use to compress it. You use a hot turbo to compress air the temps go up more. According to your theory every single turbo car ever made would be out of its efficiency range.
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Originally Posted by ulost2my7
but hey

at least he can be the first one to say, "i boosted 19lbs on my stock twins "

lol
And to some people that's worth a blown engine
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Originally Posted by Tom93R1
Any turbo will raise intake temps no matter the boost you are running. You compress air its temp goes up no matter what you use to compress it. You use a hot turbo to compress air the temps go up more. According to your theory every single turbo car ever made would be out of its efficiency range.
I was saying that under the assumption that people would have an intercooler adequate enough to handle said amounts of boost...
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