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Old 09-21-2002, 11:50 AM   #12
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</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Kreator @ Sep. 22 2002,06:21)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">So does that mean that the turbo on the first KA would actually spool up at lower RPM? Or do you just mean engine spool up (meaning KA#1 would get to that rpm faster)? But how does the torque affect the velocity of the exiting gas? Wouldn't it depend much more on the engine rpms??</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
I believe the higher torque of the engine pushs more air per engine revolution at the lower rpm's making the turbo spool up faster. &nbsp;The second ka, with not as much torque, isn't pushing as much air at the lower rpms, so its not getting as much velocity for quick spool up.
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