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Old Jan 4, 2007 | 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by SapphyMike
Ok, that was part of what i was struggling with.

so say you take an engine of 2.3 litres and 5 cyls, making say 280bhp at 2 bar absolute, subject to everything else being suitable around it, and you wanted 400bhp, you could specify a turbo that would do the job, say at 3 bar absolute, simply because lbs/min is a known constant, regardless of capacity?
Yes mate, thats spot on correct, and is probably about the right amount of extra boost to pick up the extra 120bhp too
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