Re3: <VV> RE: Ed's strange turbo behavior

[Jim Burkhard]

No sweat, I was just wondering if I went off goofy (again!) 
and answered a question that hadn't been posed.  10 psig 
peak boost is around what you should expect for a stock Vair 
under the right conditions with a non-leaky exhaust. A turbo 
Vair that doesn't make its proper boost is a real dog; if 
that's the case, you will be amazed how much quicker the car 
can be!

Jim

Andy Clark wrote:
> Sorry, Jim. I was just offering my particular gauge reading into the mix.
> It's my first turbo and I'm still coming to grips with what it should and
> should not do. 10psig seems like a lot.
> Again, apologies for any confusion I caused.
> Andy Clark

> From: "Jim Burkhard" <burkhard at rochester.rr.com>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 3:32 PM
> Subject: Re: <VV> RE: Ed's strange turbo behavior
>  
>>Sounds good Andy, but we were talking about somebody else's
>>car, right (or am I confused?).  If the gauge just claims to
>>read "psi" (rather than "psig" or "psia") as in your case,
>>"0" with the engine off means the "psi" is really "psig" as
>>it will be for most gauges. On *most* (not all) gauges that
>>are intended to be automotive boost gauges, this will be the
>>case. If it reads around 15 (14.7 more precisely), than it's
>>reading in psia.

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