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overboosting

overboosting is the present participle and gerund 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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What is overboosting the present participle and gerund of?
Overboosting is the present participle and gerund of overboost.

Words near overboosting in the dictionary

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

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