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Old Jul 14, 2004
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after installing your turbo question..

ocne its all done and installed and tuned... will our ecu give us problems.. I heard of alot of cars which they dont "like boost"
will our cars handle it well.. or does it need to be extra tuned???
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i am running my car untuned.........waiting for more money to get a piggyback
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with a missing link your ECU should not see the boost.
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ok good.. because im getting mine installed... and we dont know how the car is gonna act upon installed.. im hoping on running it at 7 psi.. ex vtec engine.. is that ok or is it too high?
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What turbo system? SF? custom? Max Rev? TD?
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ok good.. because im getting mine installed... and we dont know how the car is gonna act upon installed.. im hoping on running it at 7 psi.. ex vtec engine.. is that ok or is it too high?

i am running 9psi on a '01 EX
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k good.. im glad to hear

so 7 isnt that bad.. i dont wanna blow my engine.. thats the only prob... im only a weekend driver.. but Im cautious.. next thing I wanna do is ems
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k good.. im glad to hear

so 7 isnt that bad.. i dont wanna blow my engine.. thats the only prob... im only a weekend driver.. but Im cautious.. next thing I wanna do is ems

just make sure u run a high octane of fuel and a alcohol injection kit won't hurt either.

I am using sunoco ultra 94
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gotcha i left him with a mix of sonoco 94 and esso 91
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