They had it in Rotary Racing and Performance in Orange County, CA. I must say I am very pleased with how it performs and the overall shape of the car.

It boosts up to .9 Bar and it follows the pattern described in the newbie web site. It does not grind or make weird noises. The only thing is that when I turn on the AC it drops the RPM's too much, sometimes it dies and I have to restart it in the move.

It took me nearly three hours to get out of the L.A. area, damn traffic! How do you guys do it? To live in such bad traffic conditions all the time.

 

yeah i have had to bring my car to LA to get it fixed three times and every time the 405 GRABS ME IN ITS CLUTCHES AND DRINKS THE LIFE BLOOD OUT OF ME AND THEN SPITS ME ONTO SOME RANDOM STREET people who have driven on the 405 know my pain. hey but you might have a vacuum hose leaking some where later jimmyd

 

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your boosting to .9 of a bar????????????????????????????????????????

are u stock?

if so you got some problems buddy

 

.9 bar is 13.05 psi... I agree, if it's stock fuel he's risking it

 

That's not me..... need to clear the cookies damn!

 

.7bar is what you shouldu be shooting for.

 

I might be reading wrong. It is a shity boost gauge in it, not very readable. I will replace it with one that read PSI and not bar. What do you think of the AC problem?

BTW, I have a catback and a downpipe, nothing more.

 

speaking of bars, i know a guy that lives in Windsor, Canada that has a 86 Audi turbo that pushed 2bar. It's insane.

 

Ok, anyone else care to comment? Besides canadians pushing 2 bars.

When I was driving back home from CA I would step on it WOT to overtake on 5th. I would even see 1 bar, only in 5th. I am going to take a closer look at the boost pattern, but I am pretty certain that in 3rd gear I would see at least .8 bar and then a decrease and back up again.

I hear no knock nor do I see any smoke. I am going to perform a compression test tomorrow to test it again. I guess if its the wrong boost pattern it must be something related with the hoses, correct?

Thanks

 

your not really going to be able to hear a "knock", I have pretty much the same mods and im boosting at 12psi. = .78 bar. so if you boosting that highwith out fuel enrichment, your heading for problems..

 

it sounds like vacuum hoses your engine is trying to overcompensate and it is making your turbos boost too much if your are reading it right does that sound correct to anyone else? jimmyd

 

I am not boosting too much from now on. Either way I am trying to get the feel for the car, so boosting all the time is not a must right now. The car did have some issues with a vacum line before I purchased it, they fixed it. I am almost certain I am reading wrong.

Just to be safe, I have a PFC already on its way. I am going to take it for tunning after I install the PFC a midpipe, intake and some larger injectors. I am also upgrading to a Koyo radiator. The damn desert heat sucks

Thanks for the input, feel free to comment.

 

BUMP

 

Unless youre getting a boost controller i would pass on the midpipe, plus youre going to fail smog without a cat. And why do you need bigger injectors?

 

No one else noticed this??

 

you drove from california to texas
`johnny

 

I did indeed. From Orange County all the way to El Paso. The cars feels great! I just need to get the hang for the clutch, my calves got tight after so much stop and go traffic, hehehe.

I am not worried about smog regulations. They are very "flexible" here in El Paso, specially if you know the guy that owns the inspection station. I am glad I do not live in CA.

Now, I've tested the car once again. It goesup to .8 bar and drops and pulls to .8 again on first and second gear. On third gear I can go up to .9 bar on a mild inclination and regular boost pattern on regular terrain. On 4th it boosts as it should, but on 5th it reaches up to .9 bar and even 1 bar.

I do not redline it at all. The car does not sputter or hesitate or shows sign of malfunctioning.

Now, as the car is right now. Would it be safe to boost up to .9 bar on stock fuel settings??

As far a goals go. I am keeping it simple. I like the car as it is right now, but some more power could be used.

Can the engine hold 300 to 330 whp on a stock motor?

Thanks

 

The problem is not boosting that high on the stock fuel system. Its that you get fuel cut by the ECU after so much boost. So unless you have something to provide fuel while you boost to 12-13 psi (like a reprogramed ECU) youre going to be running lean and soon will be in a world of hurt.

 

OK, it makes sense, more or less. When I would hit 7k RPM's I would get fuel cut on my Eclipse. I was boosting 17psi, but it dropped the boost at the same time. So no boost when I hit fuel cut, no lean condition.

My eclipse would never give me fuel cut if it saw lean conditions, it would just continue if I let it. I had a wideband so no problems there.

It is just that your post does not make much sense. What would fuel cut do to my engine? I am assuming that hitting fuel cut would mean no boost. You make it sound as if the ECU would give me fuel cut if it sees lean condition, or too much boost with stock fuel.

So basically, you cannot boost that much on stock fuel, period. I got to fix that.

Anyone care to comment about the AC problem? BTW, I realized the idle dropped only when I had the clutch in and I was on any gear, not if I was in neutral. I would be in neutral with no low idle or dead engine.

Thanks

 

I got this out of the newbie learning web site. According to it I should be hitting fuel cut if I were boosting oo high. It does not feel like I am loosing power at all, on the contrary lots of power. Maybe I'm not reading right. The boost gaugue sucks and I cannot read it properly at night. I only test it when its cool outside. Well, I am off to the track to properly test it, its hard as it is trying to read the gaugue at night let alone with all the traffic.

1000 rpm 11.8 psi
2000 11.8
3000 12.4
4000 13.3
5000 11.3
6000 10.7
7000 10.7

 

You need to do your homework man...read read read. For a temporary boost fix you can pull the pill out of your wastegate line to drop the boost under 10psi...Its too easy to spike, be overly cautious so you don't blow your

 

okay, boosting almost 14 pounds on the stock ecu is a big problem.

and only a dp and catback? have you noticed any overheating?

i suggest lowering boost asap or buy a fuel computer, bigger injectors, and some more reliability and cooling mods. an aftermarket radiatior, act, cooling fans, intake, ic, etc. luckily its a new motor or it would have already gone kaboom if you drive like i do.

oh and as for the A/C shutting off yor car. A/C does need fuel. remember ur boosting 14 pounds on the stock ecu already. how far do you rev with the a/c on for the car to turn off?