Re: What Bar of boost - 5kTQ

[healey@lerc.nasa.gov (jim healey)]

>
>     MikeS asked:
>
>     >Or was this just a fluke...  Ned told me that these cars
>     >are SUPPOSED to run at 1.3, but I usually have a hard time getting
>     >mine to 1.2.
>     > What gives?
>
>     >-Mike
>     >87 5000CS TQ
>
>     And Jim said:
>
>     >Not a fluke, my 200Q has stock boost and I routinely push boost to
>     >1.3 and have occasionally seen 1.4 in spirited driving
>
>     >jim h
>
>     Well, my two cents:
>
>     Even with different mileage, tune, and ambient conditions...these are
>     likely two different engines-all factory ten valve turbos are not
>     created equal.
>
>     Ned told me that there was a mid '89 change that increased low and mid
>     range torque, and upped hp a bit. It involved higher compression
>     pistons (8.4/1 vice 7.8/1), a revised camshaft, a smaller turbo for
>     faster spoolup and less turbo lag, a new intercooler, and two (instead
>     of one) knock sensors.
>
Huh?  wow, I never knew that about 89s, cool.  Did he know what no. it
started at?

>     I routinely see 1.4 bar, i.e., when I routinely stand on it in
>     third or fourth gear, engine warm, above 3000 RPM. This seems to
>     be normal for these later 10 valve engines...

Yeah, my opportunities to stand on it are limited (its my wifes car, really)
but those are the right conditions
>
>     Tom Forhan
>     tforhan@hr.house.gov
>
>     90 200 TQW
>     87 Honda Civic 4WD Wagon
>     87 Acura Integra (For Sale)
>     Wanna VW Syncro Westfalia
>
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