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How much boost can I run with 97 octane?

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Old 04-23-2004, 09:42 PM
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No prob. I'll be in Hershey tomorrow, but around on Sunday

let me know what time. still in the same house?

It did rain a little tonight. Figured you wouldn't be running
Old 04-23-2004, 10:15 PM
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Mike,

I'll probably start on it around 1 or 2 in the afternoon, and I'm still in the same house, so please stop by. I wish I could go to hershey tomorrow, but my band is playing a cancer benefit on the Eastern Shore, so I can't make it.
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You can always toss in a couple of gallons of Xylene to that 94 oct Sunoco, get you up around 97
Old 04-24-2004, 03:59 AM
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David,

Where can I get that stuff without a license?
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You can run 30psi fine with the right setup. A little water and the right A/F. Laust has done it I believe...
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I don't think we've ever pushed Laust's car beyond 25psi. With 97-octane, you can actually run about 20psi on the GURU chips (custom for this boost) along with the 2-degree more advanced ignition maps. The thing about simply turning up fuel-pressure to compensate for higher-boost is that you richen you mixture across the board. Idle will be too rich and so will partial-throttlle mid-range.
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I thought it would have been about EGT's also, not just A/F's...
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Originally posted by Danno
I don't think we've ever pushed Laust's car beyond 25psi.
Really? He has got 30psi in his sig...



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