I don't think it has much adverse affect relative to a car's redline. With that much psi, I would think that the compression ratio is really low - so the torque must be pretty low until you build boost. But who knows, I don't know how far turbo technology has come... Also I know that 35 psi would be a lot for a turbo with an internal wastegate to handle (how they come on factory turbo'd cars). So maybe it's using external wastegates?
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Originally Posted by BRBM
Nice details.......thanks for the link, too. 
And not to muck up the thread, but Jaguar's new XE S - with a SC'd 3.0 V-6 with mid 300s hp/torque, 4.5 sec. 0-60 time........reportedly has a great chassis/handling dynamics akin to an M3/4 or ATS-V, albeit the not the hi-performance XE R model. So, assuming Jag joins the fray, competition in the little hot luxury sedan class is heating up quite nicely, no pun intended.
Fine with us.
Yeah, bruh; 30-freaking-5. Think it was a typo? Nah.
But answer me this, either or both of you, please. As with engines that rev really high that are said to have a shorter lifespan than those topping out in the 6,000-7,000 range - assuming that's true in my limited gearhead knowledge............does the 35 psi have any adverse affect?
Again, never seen that much used, so there must be a reason most mfgs. limit themselves to 25 or so, it stands to reason.
In fact, can someone in the Bimmerpost Nation educate me, please? Thank you boys & girls.  |