turbo issues
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turbo issues
for the quick read, the more boost the better the car runs wtf?
Ok I have had some problems with o2 sencers that was fixed and at the same time I had a boost gauge, controller, and et gauge put on. now its not tuned so the car runs like junk top end in fact I have to be careful if I flore it by 55imph its already getting close to 1,400 (E temp). i was running the car in the dark so now im actualy seeing whats going on with the car. (ran out of cash way back when)
So I was moving the boost down but then the car ran like ****, the lower boost made the car idle bad and the E temp was still around 1,400 degrees. I put the boost up a bit, E temp lowered back to a better degree and idle got a bit better. The boost gauge stopped working so another problem that needs to be fixed, but then when it took the car up to 55mph it only was 1,300( E temp) this time not the 1,400 E temp it was before, yes i know that 1,300 is still not a great temp but it was better then the 1,400 it was.
Here is the crazy part I said f it and put about 60% of the bolt in to raise the boost up. The car is probably 30hp faster im guessing and 6-8psi but who knows it was at 4 when I started, now there is no more tranny shift lag it shifts like when I just got the car, and the ET are down about 200 throughout. The E temp was at around 1,400 now around 1,200 when driving aggressively
so wtf is going on why would cranking the boost up fix all the problems I was having???
Ok I have had some problems with o2 sencers that was fixed and at the same time I had a boost gauge, controller, and et gauge put on. now its not tuned so the car runs like junk top end in fact I have to be careful if I flore it by 55imph its already getting close to 1,400 (E temp). i was running the car in the dark so now im actualy seeing whats going on with the car. (ran out of cash way back when)
So I was moving the boost down but then the car ran like ****, the lower boost made the car idle bad and the E temp was still around 1,400 degrees. I put the boost up a bit, E temp lowered back to a better degree and idle got a bit better. The boost gauge stopped working so another problem that needs to be fixed, but then when it took the car up to 55mph it only was 1,300( E temp) this time not the 1,400 E temp it was before, yes i know that 1,300 is still not a great temp but it was better then the 1,400 it was.
Here is the crazy part I said f it and put about 60% of the bolt in to raise the boost up. The car is probably 30hp faster im guessing and 6-8psi but who knows it was at 4 when I started, now there is no more tranny shift lag it shifts like when I just got the car, and the ET are down about 200 throughout. The E temp was at around 1,400 now around 1,200 when driving aggressively
so wtf is going on why would cranking the boost up fix all the problems I was having???
Last edited by deciuss; Apr 5, 2005 at 10:26 PM.
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ok go back and edit the whole post, i dont understand a thing, 1,400 and 1,300 are those RPMs?
you could have been dumping alot of fuel in there without any air. thats one thought
you could have been dumping alot of fuel in there without any air. thats one thought
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Rep Power: 0 yes seeing as how many people where running 5psi fine without it being tuned. i was trying to get it back up to 5 psi due to it was running 3-4 before the dang boost gauge stoped working.
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