How rapidly a turbocharger can develop positive pressure, boost, and at what engine speed, are important performance parameters for operators of turbocharged vehicles. Measurements To evaluate boost onset a measurement can be made to compare how the turbocharger performs when paired with different components. The measurement that will be used for making comparisons will consist
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Moving the engine compartment air temperature sensors to new locations to continue gathering information on the temperature under the hood. Now looking at the far side of the air filter and along the turbocharger inlet pipe in the vicinity of the brake fluid reservoir. Morning drive temperatures are shown below: Afternoon drive temperatures are
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The used Mk7 GTI that I purchased came with an exhaust setup that I knew I would be changing up to some degree. The car was equipped with a catless downpipe and an AWE-Tuning Track Edition exhaust. The first order of business was installing the catalytic converter. A CTS Turbo catalytic converter sized to work
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