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Old 07-08-2008, 06:37 AM   eBay Motors   #13 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by TYREBOYZ_DEMAXIN View Post
with the boost controller you can see up to 40PSI but that much boost is realy hard on your turbo but you can easily control it so that it only adds 30-33PSI which is within safety of your stock turbo..
at altitude the mechanical stress on the turbo will break it at these levels. Pressure ratios go well over 8.0 and the turbine shaft power nears 300 HP. Insane.

FWIW.

By fixing the inlet restriction, that 8.0 comes down to Page Ranking of 4.5.
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