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Old 12-06-2016, 08:01 PM   #37 (permalink)
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Maybe with an 80's car you can stay out of boost, but you can't do that with modern VGT/ Twin Turbo designs that boost from just over idle. All you can do to keep off boost is accelerate like a granny.

The lowered CR of a factory turbo makes off boost running slow and not that efficient either. My R32 Skyline gets beaten by every granny if I launch at idle and by the time boost builds, we've hit the speed limit, with granny still in the lead.

One solution would be Infinity's variable CR engine, or just add an electric supercharger to a standard NA unit, it wouldn't produce the peak power of an engine designed for forced induction, but would be enough for our interests.
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