Ok i got the car about a month ago hooked up a mechanical boost gauge, water temp and oil well i thought the car ran great but now i realized that something must be wrong it only holds 5lbs of boost. well some vaccum help would be great there isnt even a line going to the bov, but the car runs good though just wont build more boost full 3in exhaust, fcd, custom intake, just kinda wondering where do i start with vaccum should i just hook up a compressor and run a boost leak test.

 

stock or aftermarket turbo?

if the wastegate has been ported large enough that may be all the boost it should be building unless you install a boost controller. it is rare but sometimes people actually mod **** the right way.

 

sorry its the stock turbo and stock wastegate i think the guy was a jackass i was pressure testing it and found alot of problems i fixed most and used silicon hoses now i get about 7ish lol i think thats fine till i port the wastegate and get a boost controller have a fuel pump just havent installed it yet

 

bolt were not tightened just alot of **** manifold was had one nut that was actually hand tight i though my racthet was slipping i am going to do a 60,000 mile tune up and just change all the gaskets and make my self a little more aware of the car

 

That happened to me once. All I did was change the UIM-LIM gasket and gained 5psi

 

wheres the best place to get all the gaskets

 

atkins is pretty cheap for induvidual install gaskets, the dealer isn't as bad as most make it out to be either.

 

thanks karack i just want to get all this done now before i start doing other things lol