boost not smooth
#1
Obsessed
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Lenexa KS
Posts: 453
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
boost not smooth
Searched but don't see this discussed...
As the title suggests, instead of steady boost pressure, mine is pulsing. Amount of boost is fine / as expected, but power delivery is obviously not as smooth as it should be. Pulse is about 2-3 psi, roughly 5 times a second. Seems to affect both turbos.
Pettit street port, dp, mp, cb, pfc. Car was tuned by Steve Kan this spring, who tried to tune out the fluctuating boost via pfc but was unable to. We checked and verified pills and actuator function at the time. Hoses and check valves replaced with new engine last winter. Turbos replaced also, fwiw. Behavior is the same whether I run 10 psi boost setting or 14 psi, so it is not a case of turbos running out of breath.
It gives the appearance of pfc adjusting boost only 5 times a second instead of 100 times a second (or whatever), though I don't suspect a lazy pfc is to blame. ;-) I suspect something like a s....l...o...w moving actuator. Has anyone heard of such a thing?
As the title suggests, instead of steady boost pressure, mine is pulsing. Amount of boost is fine / as expected, but power delivery is obviously not as smooth as it should be. Pulse is about 2-3 psi, roughly 5 times a second. Seems to affect both turbos.
Pettit street port, dp, mp, cb, pfc. Car was tuned by Steve Kan this spring, who tried to tune out the fluctuating boost via pfc but was unable to. We checked and verified pills and actuator function at the time. Hoses and check valves replaced with new engine last winter. Turbos replaced also, fwiw. Behavior is the same whether I run 10 psi boost setting or 14 psi, so it is not a case of turbos running out of breath.
It gives the appearance of pfc adjusting boost only 5 times a second instead of 100 times a second (or whatever), though I don't suspect a lazy pfc is to blame. ;-) I suspect something like a s....l...o...w moving actuator. Has anyone heard of such a thing?
#7
I had a similar problem at the track once, it turned out to be one of the hoses on the green and white check valves that had popped off. Put it back on and everything went back to normal.
Trending Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Jeff20B
1st Generation Specific (1979-1985)
73
09-16-18 07:16 PM
HalifaxFD
Canadian Forum
126
05-09-16 07:06 PM