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Old August 19th, 2009   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by SLO-EVO View Post
definately looks and sounds solid...

just out of curiousity, why so conservative on the boost side of the house? It seems to me like you have a lot more you can safely push out...? anyone please feel free to correct me if i am wrong...
Efficiency IMHO. I actually applaud tuners that get every single horsepower out of a certain pressure range instead of just ramping up boost to the limit, throwing lots of fuel at it and then dealing with knock by retarding timing at peak boost. Less boost = less stress = more efficient (assuming the timing is not advanced so much that it is knocking)
Just my take on it.

*edit: of course this is assuming the tune is spot on and producing good power which in this case it clearly is.
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