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Saw BoostPressureActual hit 2455.82. I assume this is in millibar?

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Old Jan 13, 2006 | 06:30 AM
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Default Saw BoostPressureActual hit 2455.82. I assume this is in millibar?

What is that in PSI? I looked at the calculators online and it gave me something ridiculous like 35PSI.... I've got the log if anyone would like to see it... There is an application out there that Ray from Bham has and I can't find it. His numbers looked right. Help?
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Old Jan 13, 2006 | 06:31 AM
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Need to subtract atmospheric pressure (~14.5psi)
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Old Jan 13, 2006 | 06:40 AM
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Default correctamundo...

that's roughly 21psi
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Old Jan 13, 2006 | 06:51 AM
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Default Assuming atmospheric pressure is 1 bar (it varies with altitude and weather)...

that is 1.455 bar relative pressure (21 psi).

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Old Jan 13, 2006 | 07:28 AM
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Default The car seems to be acting better now for some reason. First gear is gone in a bout a second...

2nd is gone in about what seems to be ~2.5 seconds...

It still doesn't seem quite right... Now that I have ECUx running and know how to use it, I will log it and see what all you guys think.
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Old Jan 13, 2006 | 07:29 AM
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Default best thing to do is to log the ambient pressure, and subtract that for each log

That's how I have my ECUx graphing set up, ensuring that no mater what the ambient pressure is, the displayed relative boost is always correct.

My boost (PSI) graphs show this data:

Act_Boost_PSI:
=(L2-J2)*14.5/1000
=(BoostPressureActual-BaroPressure)*14.5/1000

where BoostPressureActual & BaroPressure are ECUx variables that are logged in mBar. REgardless if the current barometer pressure is 1000 mBar, 700mBar (Colorado?), or anywhere in between, my PSI graphs account for it and show real relative boost pressure.

<img src="http://ctny.audiworld.com/mark/s4/ecux/graphs/boost_mbar.GIF">

<img src="http://ctny.audiworld.com/mark/s4/ecux/graphs/boost_psi.GIF"><ul><li><a href="http://ctny.audiworld.com/mark/s4/ecux/">http://ctny.audiworld.com/mark/s4/ecux/</a</li></ul>
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Old Jan 13, 2006 | 07:36 AM
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I know, but I didn't think he was concerned about a 1/2 psi, it was the 14 he was looking for.
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Old Jan 13, 2006 | 08:14 AM
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Default true true, unless he's in CO (assuming 700mBar ambient), then he's seeing 25psi+, 4psi more than at

1000 mBar.
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Old Jan 13, 2006 | 08:15 AM
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WOW. It is really that different? I guess I never took the time to check.
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Old Jan 13, 2006 | 08:26 AM
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you made me wonder, so I took a peak and I have found reports of 820mBar so far, still searching...
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