Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 23:12:53 GMT From: "Sheldon Rabin" <srabinnopsamdnet.att.net> Subject: Re: 9-5: Why no tubo gauge?
What is a "tubo" gauge? Mathias <af_RGnopsamnt.ser> wrote in message news:39B01FF1.4045417Enopsamnt.ser... > hmm...actually not.....:) > > The 9-5 Aero also uses Trionic 7 for engine management, but on this car, > the marketing guys concluded that the customers demanded something > gauge that would indicate the "power"....:) > > All Trionic 7 cars are different under the skin, compared to older > Trionic 5 cars. > > Ok? > > /Mathias > > > Alan Hamilton wrote: > > > > Thanks Mathias. Very interesting. This implies that the Aero is > > significantly > > different under the skin than the others in the range. > > > > Mathias wrote: > > > > > These cars have Trionic version 7. This system does not work as other > > > management systems. Trionic 5 for example, tries to regulate towards a > > > specific boost level => boost will almost always be the same for > > > identical situations => you can look at a boost gauge and conclude that > > > things seem to work as usual... T7 tries to achive a predetermined > > > airmass/combustion. Boost is one of the weapons used to get the correct > > > airmass/cumbustion. This means boost can be very different (depending on > > > air temp etc etc) for the same output power => you can have a boost > > >ompuserve.com/viruscentral