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Old 9th February 2006 | 13:54
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As RPM increases you are drawing more air in to fill the cylinders more frequently. There has to be a greater pressure drop in order to draw in more air, so the pressure drops until sufficient differential is achieved.

Try it at high power on a turbocharged engine. The opposite happens, because as you reduce RPM the turbocharger is slowing down too, and boost drops.
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