only getting 1.7 bar of boost
Ameer Antar
ameer at snet.net
Sun Nov 5 14:22:01 EST 2000
> Tim, the Audi elec. boost gauge reads in absolute pressure, so it is
> also
>including atmospheric pressure of 14.7 psi, what you migh consider 0 psi.
>Your dash gauge, however, is reading only the pressure above atmoshphere.
>So, 1 bar = 14.7 , you dash gauge is correnct in reading 12 psi because .7 *
>14.7psi = 12.29psi. Sounds like you are getting some good boost out of the
>stock programming too, I would say everything is normal.
>Javad
0.7 * 14.7 = 10.29psi actually, but the correct conversion is 14.5 psi to 1
bar, since 1bar is not exactly 1 atm. So, 14.5 * .7 = 10.15psi.
-ameer
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