200 boost

[Beatty, Robert]

Dont forget the 1st 14.7 lbs of your 17.4 is ambient air pressure at sea
level so in effect he has 2.9 lbs of boost... which isnt much.. :)

Rob

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	cobram at juno.com [SMTP:cobram at juno.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, November 16, 2000 12:22 AM
> To:	ckrug at laf.cioe.com
> Cc:	quattro at audifans.com
> Subject:	Re: 200 boost
> 
> Not quite.  "Bar" is used as a measurement here, like PSI, Inche, miles
> etc.  It doesn't mean that anything measured is due to "ambient" 
> pressure, and yes how the scale is derived.  One bar is the air pressure
> at sea level, and the gauge/readout is calibrated at O bar.  So when your
> readout says 1.2, it's indicating 17.4lbs, not 2.9 lbs which your
> scenario indicates.   
> 
> BCNU,
> Cobram at Juno.Com
> http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Flats/1469/
> 
> On Wed, 15 Nov 2000 23:34:46 -0500 Calvin Krug <ckrug at laf.cioe.com>
> writes:
> > What is the maximum (stock) boost on an '89 200Q?  Mine puts out 1.2 
> > bar, which isn't all that much. considering that 1.0 of that is 
> > ambient.  Just curious.  Oh, and if it's supposed to be more than 
> > that, what could cause the boost to be low?
> > 
> > Calvin Krug
> 
> 
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