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Old 02-07-2015, 06:56 PM   #51
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Originally Posted by Foobar View Post
I believe that's the gist of it - you get a smaller pulley to spin the charger faster, thereby getting boost sooner, wastegate prevents overboosting at top end.
Interesting - I always thought this wouldn't work because the wastegate flow was restrictive... it wouldn't be able to bleed enough boost at higher rpms/air flow rates. If somebody's figured out a solution to this, I'm really surprised this isn't getting more air time, it would solve a lot of the 'issues' (if you can call them that) with centrifugal SC's.
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