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Paulo_Rangel_Melo said:
Hey RC.
Sorry for my ignorance.
But how many times can you use the overboost function?You use it and then you have to wait some time to cool it off or this "gismo" work diferent.
Thanks.
Well, actually it works 10 seconds at FULL throttle and as soon as you release the throttle and you're using FULL throttle again, the overboost jumps in again for another 10 seconds. This is not the same thing like BMW uses on the M5 (launch control), you don't need to let it "cool off" or anything similar. I can imagine that Porsche built in some sort of "overheating" protection, meaning that if you're activating overboost too many times one after each other and the oil/water/turbo charger temp is getting a little bit too high, it may be automatically shut off by the motronic.
And yes, when you take the foot off the full throttle lets say after 5 seconds because you have to upshift and you fully press the throttle again, the overboost jumps in again for another 10 seconds (or less).
It is simple: FULL throttle = 10 seconds overboost.
I can also imagine that in the 6th gear for example, the overboost function will not work at all or just at certain speeds to prevent the car to get too fast (someone could release the full throttle at top speed, apply it fully again after a second, release, apply, release, apply and so on to try to increase top speed with more boost. But I'm sure that Porsche has taken care of, maybe in designing the gear ratio in a way that the 6th gear provides top speed shortly before the rev limiter jumps in.
There is a lot of speculation right now about the overboost function but one thing is for sure: it will dramatically improve acceleration times and slowlier than 8 seconds from 0-100 mph and 12 seconds from 0-125 mph would be a huge disappointment for me.