With the little import engines you see them revving the **** outa them just so they don't have as bad of turbo lag.
You can hear a lot of the lag between shifts also when they are running a big turbo.
W/an auto trans it is so easy to build boost pressure (as long as you have some sorta stall) like @ least 2000 RPM (for a small turbo)off the launch.
On my Stock Syclone w/a auto trans,I just hold the brakes,give it some gas & watch the boost come up @ 2100 RPM.
I can get 3 lbs of boost or 20 lbs of boost, all depends how much throttle I give it, & this is being done @ the same RPM 2100.
Throttle position will give me what I want in terms of boost pressure.
W/a stick car,,, you cannot do that,,, hold your engine @ 2100 RPM & get a 20 psi launch,,,you have to rev the **** outta it,even then, it will lag a bit,& still not launch @ 20 psi.
Turbine housing size plays the biggest role on turbo lag, but there are other things also that will take part in "turbo lag"
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