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Old 06-22-2011, 08:41 PM
BruceWilkie BruceWilkie is offline
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Originally Posted by cgeise View Post
As it is now - the gates are CO2 controlled and will control the boost level very effectivley - by adding more gates are you just not reducing flow to the turbine wheel and as a byproduct reducing backpressure??
Thats the theory. Once spooled it doesnt take as much energy to maintain boost as it did to get it there quickly. A larger AR allows more past the turbine thus reducing backpressure. However it does so at the expense of increasing spool time.