[200q20v] FS: 282 BHP 3B ECUs from Europe

[Bernie Benz]

Brett,

You are among those easily confused if you detect no difference between
Orin's statement:
"'Boost' is by definition MAP - atmospheric."
and my correction:
"MAP is the abbrevation for Manifold Absolute Pressure, not atmospheric."
"Boost" relates to atmospheric pressure, thus it is a gauge pressure
measaurement.

Orin is correct only if you believe MAP is the universally accepted
abbrevation for "Manifold atmospheric Pressure", (what ever that might be)
as apparently he is attempting to define it.  It is not.  Even the term
"Manifold atmospheric Pressure" makes no sense, inasmuch as MP can be of any
value within a wide pressure range.

Bernie


> From: Brett Dikeman <brett at cloud9.net>
> Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 15:36:01 -0500
> To: Bernie Benz <b.m.benz at prodigy.net>, Orin Eman <orin at drizzle.com>
> Cc: 200q20V mailing list <200q20v at audifans.com>
> Subject: Re: [200q20v] FS: 282 BHP 3B ECUs from Europe
>
> At 1:25 PM -0800 12/31/01, Bernie Benz wrote:
>> Orin wrote:
>>>>> Come on, he was perfectly correct to say 1.4 bar boost.
>>>>> 'Boost' is by definition MAP - atmospheric.  Unfortunately,
>>>>> the word boost is what is usually used incorrectly around here
>>>>> and that is what should be corrected.
>>
>> Orin,
>>
>> Maybe you are one of the top Audi technical experts, I don't know, but if so
>> you should know better than to confuse the newbees with a careless use of
>> terms, thus generating erroneous statements.
>>
>>
>> MAP is the abbrevation for Manifold Absolute Pressure, not atmospheric.  The
>> generally accepted meaning of "Boost" relates to atmospheric pressure, thus
>> it is a gauge pressure measaurement, over and above atmospheric pressure.  A
>> NA engine operates at zero boost.  1.4 Bar boost would be equivilent to 2.4
>> Bar MAP at sea level.
>
> The hilarious part about this is you're lambasting Orin...and then
> proceeding to offer a slightly different explanation of exactly what
> he's saying, and you're both correct.
>
> B
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