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Old 09-21-2012, 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by sixto View Post
What John said.

That's an exhaust passage. Clean air goes through the compressor section of the turbo, not exhaust. You're losing some exhaust that should be driving the turbine so you are more accurately not creating enough boost rather than losing it.

Sixto
87 300D
Correct, "losing" boost was a slip. But, it's a dog under 2000-2200...
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