Quote:
Originally Posted by mid_life_crisis
@ Robftss
Thinking along those lines, how hard would it be to determine at what boost level the CELs go off and create a system that doesn't boost quite high enough to overrun the factory tables? It would obviously not make as much power as a tuned, higher boost system, but it would still be a nice bump for those who want to improve the car but don't want to tune and get nervous about faking out the ECU with voltage clamps and the like. It could be done with a bypass valve I suppose, but that would be a waste of electricity. |
A bypass actually wouldn't actually waste much energy, the compressor is only going to use the amount of energy required to generate a certain pressure ratio.
A bypass is actually a neat idea because it would bleed boost in the region where the CEL triggers but would allow full boost in the higher RPM.
Then again I always look for the mechanical solution for a problem.
-Grant