Originally Posted by SpyVO
OK, so he said you could run LOW boost when the timing was retarded and the tank is full of race gas. I don't think that's actually TOO out of line. Now if he was suggesting that you do this everyday, well yeah he's smoking something. That recipe sounds like a track/dyno tune.
I'll agree with whoever said that making a turbo setup to work on that combo is a waste of time.
If you back enough timing out of anything you can run the boost and compression up. But then you are becoming very boost dependant and not maximizing your motor to the fullest when it is off boost. More timing = more power with less boost dependancy but there is a very fine line with that.
Personally I would rather have 20-24 degrees of timing and have the car be more responsive off boost or going into boost vs. having 15-20 degrees and being very laggy.