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Old 07-30-2011, 06:42 PM   #22 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by moorecomp View Post
Autospeed has a great 5 part article on this. It shows that reducing the differential between atmospheric and intake (not manifold) pressure does have an effect on performance at less than WOT.

Eliminating Negative Boost
It does? Since reading it through was too much like Chinese water torture, I looked at installments 1 and 5. To summarize, at the very end he claims elimination of negative pressure, but also admits to changing several variables AND in the final analysis the vehicle did not produce any more power or fe. Right?
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