yeah, that's the idea.

But I'm not asking about my [long gone] 02 Jetta. I'm asking about the
AAZ turbo.

Does anyone know to what altitude the turbo will provide full rated
sea level boost?

Mike

On Jul 13, 2011, at 12:13 AM, Tom Hargrave wrote:

> All turbochargers can over boost but boost is regulated by the waste
> gate.
> The ability to over boost is needed to ensure quick spin-up and
> response and
> as you mentioned in your post, to provide full rated boost at higher
> elevations.
>
> The turbo Mercedes diesels I used to own were set to 1 BAR with a
> mechanical
> waste gate and if you knew what you were doing you could easily get
> 1.5 BAR
> of boost. 1 BAR is 1 atmosphere or about 14.5 PSI. Highway fuel
> economy
> actually increased a little with the higher boost setting.
>
> The Jetta, being a 02, may have computer controlled boost. If it
> does then
> you my be able to find a aftermarket controller to over-ride the
> factory
> curve. The 1989 Lebaron Coupe GTC I used to own was computer limited
> to 12
> PSI boost but a "off road only" performance computer swap set the
> boost to
> 15 PSI.
>
> Thanks, Tom Hargrave
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>
>
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> Mike Miller
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> Subject: AAZ overboost
>
> Does anyone know if the stock AAZ turbo provides any over boost? I had
> an 02 Jetta TDI that I was told would provide full boost up to 5000
> feet because of that over boost capability.
>
> Mike
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