In a message dated 4/30/99 8:35:47 AM Central Daylight Time,
dg50@daimlerchrysler.com writes:
>
> Now that you have a separate wastegate pipe, one could install a *second*
> wastegate in series with the stock wastegate. As the farthest-downstream
> wastegate "wins" one could now hang all the boost controllers they wanted
to
> on
> the second wastegate and get the full effect, while leaving the stock
> wastegate
> and all its control devices intact.
>
> Note that this ABSOLUTELY DOES NOT PROVIDE "INFINITE" BOOST! The turbo is
> still
> subject to the laws of physics, and still has a flow limit, etc. All this
> does
> is provide a "legal" means of putting a boost controller on an SP car.
>
> If boost control devices were legal in SP, there would be no benefit at
all
> to
> doing this.
You might be naive enough to believe this is legal, but IMO it is a direct
attempt to circumvent the intent of the SP rules and will be shot down in a
protest. Of course it will be a moot point once the highly praised "no
exhaust changes before the cat" turbo car rule goes into effect.
M Sipe
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