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WRX owner told me he's running 50 psi of boost

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Old Mar 13, 2005 | 08:35 PM
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Default WRX owner told me he's running 50 psi of boost

How full of **** can some people be. He later recanted to say 30, but come on!
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Old Mar 13, 2005 | 08:40 PM
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i just love tools like that.
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Old Mar 13, 2005 | 08:47 PM
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Maybe he was talking about his tire pressure?

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Old Mar 13, 2005 | 08:54 PM
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hah some tool told me his GN( which was 'oddly' nowhere to be seen )was running 45 lbs of boost and that it ran get this....12.0's i then asked if he wanted to race sometime and he then said the car had recently burned to the ground after he rolled it over at the track......
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Old Mar 13, 2005 | 10:10 PM
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You see what you can do if you use the green boost fluid instead of the orange?
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Old Mar 13, 2005 | 10:58 PM
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Originally Posted by TurboBerserker
You see what you can do if you use the green boost fluid instead of the orange?
this kid i know had a TT geo prizm. he had the orange stuff in so long that it turned green. once that happened, he could get another 5psi out of it. i had a video of the car but you can see it very well. i couldn't move the camara as fast as the car was going
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Old Mar 13, 2005 | 11:04 PM
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Old Mar 14, 2005 | 01:29 AM
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the only supercharger i know of that will make 50 lbs of boost is the one's for the funnycars and the rails, it has a 7 to 8 inches more to the length then a 871 B&M. i know the blades in that puppy has got to be at least 16 to 18 inches long. and it is made only for a big block.
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Old Mar 14, 2005 | 12:22 PM
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Sometimes those ricers calculate boost by taking atmospheric pressure at ~30 #/sq. in. and then add the 20 # of boost to get 50 # total. (which is the way it's done in an aircraft)
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Old Mar 14, 2005 | 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Paperchaser
this kid i know had a TT geo prizm. he had the orange stuff in so long that it turned green. once that happened, he could get another 5psi out of it. i had a video of the car but you can see it very well. i couldn't move the camara as fast as the car was going
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