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Old Jul 18, 2006 | 10:24 AM
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alright i am trying to understand this turbo stuff and i am getting confused and i want to understand it all before i get a turbo kit myself

On garretts site i can understand 101 and 102 but when i read the 103 i started getting confuesed... is there another good website out there that expains the compressor maps a little better??

any help would be great

scott
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Old Jul 18, 2006 | 10:31 AM
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Go to our site at Forcedinductions.com. Jose wrote the help section a few years back, even before Garrett...lol
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Old Jul 18, 2006 | 10:35 AM
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there site is a little messed up i can read 2/3s of it and then the texted is overlaped with some pics so i cant read it...

thanks tho
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Old Jul 18, 2006 | 11:37 AM
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they sell a good book at barnes and nobles called "turbocharged" if u like pictures its full of them!
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Originally Posted by monkeysl
they sell a good book at barnes and nobles called "turbocharged" if u like pictures its full of them!
Also maximum boost by corkey bell, covers pretty much all aspects of turbos and turbocharging vehicles
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nice!

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