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Old 2006-03-16, 09:00 PM   #9
Nick Koan
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No, boost gauges doesn't measure atmospheric pressure + boost. You just make more boost down at lower elevations because the air is denser to begin with.

If you had an absolute manifold pressure gauge (atmospheric pressure + boost, effectively), you should be making ~2bar because 1 atmosphere of pressure is closeto 1 bar.
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