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Old 04-28-07, 12:11 PM
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Safe reliable boost

Mods :
720 sec.
3 inch all the way back
ported wg
bc
safcII
putting on a fmic today
walbro 255
rtek 1.7

few other mods.

what is a safe boost to run with this setup
Old 04-28-07, 05:02 PM
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you should be good for 12psi. ive seen other on here with less mods boost that much.

oh, you might wanna get an FCD as well
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i think the Rtek has a built in FCD . . .
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I was looking around for infor on what i want to run and saw your post. Are you still running this setup? How is it working for you ? Have you dynoed? Hp estimate? Have you ran tthe quarter? Street ported? Do you like the setup?
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Originally Posted by staticguitar313
i think the Rtek has a built in FCD . . .
That's what the makers claim, and as far as I can tell they're right. I'm running a 1.7 Rtek chip right now, too, and I've hit about 11psi without fuel cut.
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The key is to make sure you don't have boost creep, even if you have already ported the WG same. My T2 was fine at 11-12psi on a stock s5 turbo, but when the cold weather hit, even the wastegate porting that was already there didn't do the trick and I would get 15psi+ boost spikes.

Also get a wideband on there. Make sure the fuel pump is rewired.

With that setup you will stomp stock C5's and stock STi's all day. I know I did.
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Isn't it pointless running both the SAFC and Rtek at the same time?
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^ only if you have the 2.0 .
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^Oh yes, I forgot about that.
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i would say 12 psi also. i have almost identical mods and thats what i would run. yea make sure that wastegate is ported enough. i sopposably got my s4 turbo ported and it ended up to be not nearly enough. there is a write up on the diy porting on here which is what i did. s4 turbo wastegates are horrible stock if you already didnt know. wideband would be great and also make sure you have a aftermarket boost gauge to measure what boost you are hitting..the stock one on the bezal will not tell you nothing..
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