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RE: SP rules and ESP Clarification

To: "'Hung-Jen Hung'" <hhung@inreach.com>,
Subject: RE: SP rules and ESP Clarification
From: "Stevens, Kevin" <kstevens@ventritex.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 13:08:41 -0800
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hung-Jen Hung [SMTP:hhung@inreach.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 12:51 PM
> To:   Sam Strano; Team.Net
> Subject:      Re: SP rules and ESP Clarification
> 
> > Downpipes etc. can add boost to and engine.  That is BOOST, not unforced
> > air.  That is something that no normally aspirated car can do.  Changing
> a
> > chip can add chip in some cars does add boost and change curves etc.
> Not
> > so in a NA car.
> 
> I have a downpipe in my RX-7. Yes, it indeed adds boost,
> but actually I don't wanna that much boost that will eventually
> kill my motor and turbos.  Therefore I put a boost controller
> to LIMIT the boost to factory setting, 10.5 psi.  However the
> rule says the boost controller is not allowed in SP class.
> So what do we do?  Why can't we use the boost controller
> if we are using it to limit the boost instead of increasing it.
> 
You could size your downpipe to be more or less restrictive, as everyone
else in the class does...

KeS


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