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Old 05-04-2011, 12:42 PM   #29 (permalink)
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Anything over atmospheric would be helpful, actually, even if not a positive boost. Think about turbo applications... If you start at 14 inches of vacuum, the turbo is working through all that vacuum before applying boost. Even if it never makes it into positive pressure, its still lowering the negative pressure in the intake tract, thus reducing pumping losses in the intake. Same theory for ram air, in reality. Doesn't require measurable positive pressure, only a decrease in negative pressure.

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