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Old 09-28-2005, 11:38 PM   #52 (permalink)
Multiades
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Default Re: Measuring stock exhaust restriction

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Originally Posted by Highboosted
Thats the thing, their turbos drop off like that under any boost. It only gets worse the higher the pressure. And I think we already confirmed the wastegate arm moving due to backpressure. I think everyone is running the stock springs.......so now another Q: Who is running higher springs in their actuators? Whats your dropoff? You blowing the gate open visually?
Visually?

I think the only "visual" you're going to get is your boost gauge going down, down, down, as your revs go up.
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