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Old 03-04-2014, 05:07 PM   #29
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Originally Posted by sw20kosh View Post
Nice!

So uh... Why are most tuners running into knock ceilings at 10-14 psi where the timing reduction required cancels out any power from increasing the boost past this point? I mean setups with similar turbo are maxing at 300-330 on pump gas...
it's called 'playing with other people's money'. some are willing to, others aren't. you can always pull timing to make the knock go away, but what are the egt's? there are so, so many reasons why this isn't a good idea lol.

i've run my own car up to ~18.5psi (2.2 bar absolute) on 93 without knock. no way in hell i'd do that to a customer car without an egt probe, or even to my own for any extended period of time. felt good though! most irresponsible things do lol.
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