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Old Mar 14, 2005 | 02:32 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......
Please tell me it isn't Eric P!

He wouldn't say anything like that... Plus I got a vid of it going 12.2 last fall.
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Old Mar 14, 2005 | 04:47 PM
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who's eric p?
it was some clerk at cumberland farms, he saw my TA and started blabbing about turbos , thats all i recall from the story
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Old Mar 14, 2005 | 04:57 PM
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Maybe he was talking about psia? Currently I'm running about 13.5psia and I have NO supercharger or turbo!

It sounds like he's blowing 50psi out his ***!
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Old Mar 14, 2005 | 07:09 PM
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50psi............. Jesus, does he have a diesel under the hood??
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Old Mar 14, 2005 | 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted by hondo

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......

I will have to say that is some funny ****! Oh yea I'm running 32 psi also.
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Old Mar 15, 2005 | 05:56 AM
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I run 55psi, But only with the Flux capacitor.
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Old Mar 15, 2005 | 07:06 AM
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i try to run around 1000 psi







(in my nitrous bottle)
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Old Mar 15, 2005 | 07:40 AM
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Originally Posted by hondo
who's eric p?
it was some clerk at cumberland farms, he saw my TA and started blabbing about turbos , thats all i recall from the story
Ah - Eric's a dude in town, lives (or at least used to) down behind the Unibank. He's got a GN he runs with CMDR.
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Old Mar 15, 2005 | 09:24 AM
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I've been meaning to ask if he is including atmospheric pressure in his calculations.
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Old Mar 15, 2005 | 11:43 AM
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i'll have to look out for him
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