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overboosted

overboosted is the simple past and past participle of overboost.

Meaning of overboost

Verb

overboost (third-person singular simple present overboosts, present participle overboosting, simple past and past participle overboosted)

  1. To increase an engine's intake manifold pressure to higher levels than it is designed for.
    • It makes sense to provide plausible engine fuel and ignition mapping to the limits of the factory fuel injectors, which would typically be sized sufficiently large to provide optimal fuel to the airflow/boost limits of the stock turpocharger even though the wastegate should normally prevent the...2004, Jeff Hartman, How to Tune and Modify Engine Management Systems, →ISBN, page 86

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Questions about overboosted

What is overboosted the simple past and past participle of?
Overboosted is the simple past and past participle of overboost.

Words near overboosted in the dictionary

  1. overboom
  2. overboomed
  3. overbooming
  4. overbooms
  5. overboost
  6. overboosted
  7. overboosting
  8. overboosts
  9. overboot
  10. overboots
  11. overbore

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