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Old 04-03-2013   #9
Shane@DBPerformance
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Re: Dave's Evo X Build/The Life of Dave blog

Boost creep is a pain in the ass. I have to deal with this kind of shit a lot with the cold weather here, which makes boost creep much worse. The VF52 Subaru's get it bad with a catless downpipe for half the year here, they are often fine in the Summer, then it gets cold and then you can't keep the boost from going over 20psi on it's own. With the newer more efficient big turbos nowdays, it happens easier since the turbos just want to make boost and you end up having to set a low revlimiter if running on pump gas. I have an Evo 8 here now with a 35R on it that boost creeps to 30psi no matter what and it's a pump gas car. If you run less ignition timing to try to keep it from knocking, then the boost creep gets even worse.
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