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Is it safe to drive my car with these mods?
Street port
3mm seals
apexi dual air filters
3" downpipe
3" highflow cat
RB dual catback exhaust
I have the stock ECU.
I have been keeping it under 3500rpm. Will this be ok untill I get a Power FC and get it tuned?
Thanks.
Street port
3mm seals
apexi dual air filters
3" downpipe
3" highflow cat
RB dual catback exhaust
I have the stock ECU.
I have been keeping it under 3500rpm. Will this be ok untill I get a Power FC and get it tuned?
Thanks.
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Originally Posted by sephir0th
Is it safe to drive my car with these mods?
Street port
3mm seals
apexi dual air filters
3" downpipe
3" highflow cat
RB dual catback exhaust
I have the stock ECU.
I have been keeping it under 3500rpm. Will this be ok untill I get a Power FC and get it tuned?
Thanks.
Street port
3mm seals
apexi dual air filters
3" downpipe
3" highflow cat
RB dual catback exhaust
I have the stock ECU.
I have been keeping it under 3500rpm. Will this be ok untill I get a Power FC and get it tuned?
Thanks.
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The RPM's aren't nearly as important as the amount of boost your car is hitting. Do you have a boost gauge? If you're running a hi-flow cat, you shouldn't haven't anything to worry about as far as creep goes. Just be careful on cold nights, as it's very possible you could spike.
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nah no boost guage..... but the reason i have been keeping it under 3500rpm is so that the turbos don't produce too much boost.... better get a boost guage...
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Yes, due to the quick spool up of the sequential system, it would be possible to reach high boost on the highway for example in 4th or 5th gear while staying under 3500k. That goes back to my initial statement that RPM's are irrelevant.
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OK, just went out and bought a boost gauge and I see your point.. the boost does go up pretty quick in high gears, it was spiking at about 3500 to about 11psi in 3rd and on one occasion it went up to 13!
I then drove very easy changing at around 2500rpm and accelerating slowly and didn't break the 8psi mark in all gears. This is how I'll drive untill my power FC arrives.
Thanks for all your help.
I then drove very easy changing at around 2500rpm and accelerating slowly and didn't break the 8psi mark in all gears. This is how I'll drive untill my power FC arrives.
Thanks for all your help.
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You may also want to consider putting in fresh spark plugs now so that you dont have to worry about that when the PFC arrives. They can be a real PITA, especially if you dont have access to a frame lift, and they are one of those things you will def want to be fresh before putting in the PFC.
just my $.02
just my $.02
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even with that hi flo cat you want to be real careful. i had a hi flo cat downpipe and hi power and still crept to 14 pounds. i have a turbo xs maual boost controller so i set that and it held that boost strong at 12 pounds all the way through the rpms.
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Yea, my FD would hit full boost of 12psi by 2000rpm, and that was with a stock cat and stock cat-back at the time. With a full 3" exhaust it was peaking 16psi by 3800RPM. I either would put the stock external bits back on, invest in a $300 daily driver or vent the intake after the turbos to drop boost pressures and drive VERY carefully.
I lost my motor to a spike and it sucked, a lot... I wouldn't take the chance, I got full-hearted and in the full year of being careful with my car and only investing in the best, I made one stupid judgment due to my excitement to drive the car and it cost me a lot.
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I lost my motor to a spike and it sucked, a lot... I wouldn't take the chance, I got full-hearted and in the full year of being careful with my car and only investing in the best, I made one stupid judgment due to my excitement to drive the car and it cost me a lot.
_Kris
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very true. a boost controller matched with a hi flo cat makes it east to keep the boost pressures down. turbo xs manual boost contoller $90. i bought a hi performance turbo xs for 129 and dont regret it at all.
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Originally Posted by dopefishlives
Yea, my FD would hit full boost of 12psi by 2000rpm, and that was with a stock cat and stock cat-back at the time. With a full 3" exhaust it was peaking 16psi by 3800RPM. I either would put the stock external bits back on, invest in a $300 daily driver or vent the intake after the turbos to drop boost pressures and drive VERY carefully.
I lost my motor to a spike and it sucked, a lot... I wouldn't take the chance, I got full-hearted and in the full year of being careful with my car and only investing in the best, I made one stupid judgment due to my excitement to drive the car and it cost me a lot.
_Kris
I lost my motor to a spike and it sucked, a lot... I wouldn't take the chance, I got full-hearted and in the full year of being careful with my car and only investing in the best, I made one stupid judgment due to my excitement to drive the car and it cost me a lot.
_Kris
did you have an aftermarket ECU when you were at 12 psi?
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Originally Posted by rynberg
Why would he do any of that when a simple boost controller would solve the problem?
Originally Posted by montego
did you have an aftermarket ECU when you were at 12 psi?
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Originally Posted by White94RX
so you had all those mods to your car and still had no boost guage, or an aftermarket ECU? Jeez, a boost guage should be the first modification, period.
Koyo radiator > Pettit AST > 3" Downpipe > Boost + Water temp gauges > Intake > ECU ....
That is a hefty list of mods (streetporting!) to not have any fuel management or monitoring tools.
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haha yeah no boost guage... got one on there now though.
I think it is running rather rich, back fires alot and quite a bit of brown smoke.
I will look at getting a boost controller ASAP, but my priority was the Power FC...
I think it is running rather rich, back fires alot and quite a bit of brown smoke.
I will look at getting a boost controller ASAP, but my priority was the Power FC...