[s-cars] question for those with boost gauges

[matt ludwig.]

man, Engineering-speak-correctedness really turns me on. must be a  
variable hot-bed of pick-up lines in those offices....

LOL

: )


matt ludwig.

1995.5 S6 Avant
South Portland, Maine


On Nov 30, 2006, at 11:09 AM, Dave Forgie wrote:

> Dave:  I am sure that you must know that, in Engineering-speak, the  
> "of
>  mercury" is typically silent when discussing vacuum.
>
> Likewise when discussion air pressures and losses in an HVAC system  
> "of water column" is silent when saying the head loss is, say, 5  
> inches.
>
> ;>)
>
> Dave F. Ph.D., P.Eng.
>
>>>> David Kase <davekase at pdqlocks.com> 11/30/06 03:50AM >>>
> He does mean "inches of mercury" (unless something is horribly wrong)
> and I think you mean "inches of mercury of vacuum", not "inches of
> vacuum".  There is no such thing as an inch (or pound) of
> vacuum/boost...  :-P
>
> Dave Kase
> anal engineer...
>
>
>
> Dave Forgie wrote:
>
>> Mike: I think you meant 13 inches of mercury (Hg).  Anyway, at  
>> idle it varies. When the car is first started and the rings, etc.  
>> haven't fully expanded (with heat), I will get in the order of 10  
>> or 12 inches of vacuum.  When the car is warm, it will be in the  
>> 14 to 16 inches of vacuum range.  They only time I get 20 inches  
>> of vacuum is when the car has been run hard and then the throttle  
>> is closed quickly.
>>
>> I have both an AudiMeter Phantom and a Kevin Day TDS-1 digital  
>> information system (with digital boost/vacuum) to confirm this data.
>>
>> YMMV
>>
>> Dave F.
>>
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