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Old 03-17-2017, 11:56 AM   #28 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ksa8907 View Post
........I re-ran some numbers using 17.3:1 compression of a cummins 6.7 and 15 psig of boost, roughly 2700 lbs of force.
That's a really high compression ratio and those are large cylinders.

Still a ton = 2,000 lbs and that's what I posted earlier, over a ton of force.

Your math matches.

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