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Originally Posted by scalbert
No, you do not get a rush of torque with an 18 PSI spike; it occurs very quickly.
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Thanks!
That calms the nerves a LOT. My fear of 20psi in this car is based on a recent experience...A freind of mine with a 2003 5-series with a corvette engine and a home-brewed twin-turbo intercooled setup was replacing a power steering pump a few weeks ago and forgot to reconnect the vacuum lines to the wastegates. He got on the boost in traffic after leaving home on the way to work and the boost went to 20+ psi and destroyed the auto transmission (also out of a corvette). The motor is fine (Lingenfelter V8) but a new race trans is on order... Pic of the motor below.
Back on topic...I hope when Vishnu gets back to the office on Monday they can read through some of the boost control/spike threads and possibly add some new information.
