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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: omegaman2 on 10 January 2008, 13:07:12

Title: overboost
Post by: omegaman2 on 10 January 2008, 13:07:12

what is it ? :-[

Title: Re: overboost
Post by: Kevin Wood on 10 January 2008, 13:10:07

Excessive air pressure in the inlet of a turbocharged or supercharged engine, due to failure of the control mechanism (usually a wastegate on a Turbo, which allows exhaust gases to bypass the turbine stage).

Kevin

Title: Re: overboost
Post by: stevief on 10 January 2008, 22:25:13

SWMBO's Focus has an overboost function built into the control system which is activated when the accelerator is hard to the floor. Designed to assist when overtaking etc semingly but in this case it must be about burnt out ;D.

Steve

Title: Re: overboost
Post by: Markjay on 10 January 2008, 23:25:46

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SWMBO's Focus has an overboost function built into the control system which is activated when the accelerator is hard to the floor. Designed to assist when overtaking etc semingly but in this case it must be about burnt out ;D.

Steve

Yeh, I know what you are talking about, Mel Gibson had one of these fitted to his car in Mad Max 1...  ;D

Title: Re: overboost
Post by: stevief on 11 January 2008, 14:11:53

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SWMBO's Focus has an overboost function built into the control system which is activated when the accelerator is hard to the floor. Designed to assist when overtaking etc semingly but in this case it must be about burnt out ;D.

Steve

Yeh, I know what you are talking about, Mel Gibson had one of these fitted to his car in Mad Max 1...  ;D

Nah that was a supercharger which was probably about the same size as the Focus engine. ;D

Title: Re: overboost
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 11 January 2008, 14:33:45

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SWMBO's Focus has an overboost function built into the control system which is activated when the accelerator is hard to the floor. Designed to assist when overtaking etc semingly but in this case it must be about burnt out ;D.

Steve

Yeh, I know what you are talking about, Mel Gibson had one of these fitted to his car in Mad Max 1...  ;D

Nah that was a supercharger which was probably about the same size as the Focus engine. ;D

I thought it was the nitrous shot......I know it span the super charger up as well.

Title: Re: overboost
Post by: Markjay on 11 January 2008, 21:31:29

(http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/5396/toecutterchasejv7.jpg)

Title: Re: overboost
Post by: Markjay on 11 January 2008, 21:34:13

Apparently it was based on an 1973 Ford Falcon XB GT Coupe....