A bit more:
"Every turbo gets to a point were you are wasting your time increasing boost ( especially internal wastegate types ), and I personally feel that 1.8 bar , certainly 2.0 bar is going to create more problems ( back pressure , heat , boost spike etc ) than it will give any worthwhile results . The boost levels and power figures you have quoted prove exactly what I am talking about , 1.4 @ 395hp is a good result , everything is within its working range , but 2.3 @ 450hp is a very poor effort for that sort of boost pressure , this is because the extra boost is causing far greater back pressure and heat , so the gains are getting less. Any turbo can make the boost , but not many can hold this level through the high rpm range.
You have to take into account the whole package not just what the turbo can do, the turbo compressor can flow x amount of air, but can the cylinder head??? Also if the turbo creates excessive back pressure the heat will back up into the cylinder which will give a lower VE, as the engine cannot pass the air through it, this will not show very well on an EGT guage as all the heat is inside the cylinder, not in the exhaust where you are measuring, so you could have low EGT, but still det a piston"
Starting to make sense....................slowly but what do you guys think???
(I personally want to try 1.8bar)