Originally Posted by
Woznaldo
It does depend on atmospheric pressure, but lets just say we are at sea level and we have standard atmospheric pressure (atm). 1 atm = 14.696psi or 1013.25 millibars or 101.325kPa. As we go up in altitude, atm will lower for the same temp and humidity.
We don't need to be that accurate, especially as the actual atm is dependent on the conditions of the day, therefore we will say that 1 atm = 1 bar or 14.7psi, this will leave 29.4psi for boost, based on a 3 bar MAP Sensor.
I have a 4 bar MAP Sensor built in to my Megasquirt, so I can run up to 43psi of boost........ probably for about 5 secs before the engine goes pop!