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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 03:42 PM
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i have been hearing a lot about pully size amount of boost, i see some poeple runing a 3.85 and smaller building 10 to 12 lbs boost on psc1 stage 2 set up. i am runing a psc1 stage 2 with alky and building 11lb of boost on a 4.25 pully. now if i went with a 3.85 who much would the boost increase.
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Old Mar 10, 2008 | 05:49 PM
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Iam no expert but from what Iam reading its about a pound to pound and a half per pulley size. but there is alot more to it than that cam, heads etc... all come into play as well as cilmate.altitude. etc...it just goes on and on to much to take into concideration to pin point exactly .. I know not much help but the short of it the rule of thumb is roughly 1 to 1.5 #'s per pulley size... hope this helps Iam sure others will chime in....
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Originally Posted by JAMESNORTHPROV
i have been hearing a lot about pully size amount of boost, i see some poeple runing a 3.85 and smaller building 10 to 12 lbs boost on psc1 stage 2 set up. i am runing a psc1 stage 2 with alky and building 11lb of boost on a 4.25 pully. now if i went with a 3.85 who much would the boost increase.
Roughly 1 pound per .1 of an inch in pulley size. The reason a 3.85 pulley makes 10 psi and your 4.25 makes 11 psi could be because of air density. Your 4.25 pulley makes 11 psi at your elevation, and if you go up in elevation about 2000 feet, your 4.25 will no longer be making 11, but rather about 8 or 9. Thin air requires the fan to spin faster to make teh same boost.
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that something i did not think about, i am at just above sea level her in ri . thanks
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that something i did not think about, i am at just above sea level her in ri . thanks
Don't forget rev limit when someone tells you I make x lbs of boost on a belt driven SC.
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Don't forget rev limit when someone tells you I make x lbs of boost on a belt driven SC.
and whether the motor is stock or not.
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