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Old 06-03-05, 01:46 PM
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What can cause too much boost on a stock motor?

Its stock except for the intake which is HKS, and I have the HKS blowoff valve and efini y pipe on it. What can cause too much boost on this engine?
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Can you be more specific. What is your boost pattern?
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Are you asking what other mods you can do before you run the risk of creep or spikes?
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if you do a midpipe with the stock ecu youll be screwed. Without the proper fuel management your car will boost spike hard and **** up your engine.
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If you are saying that you are getting too much boost. I found that I was spiking because a hose in the rats nest was had expanded and was letting too much air pass.

Replacing the hose cured the problem.
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Originally Posted by Xearo_FD3S
Its stock except for the intake which is HKS, and I have the HKS blowoff valve and efini y pipe on it. What can cause too much boost on this engine?
What's your boost pattern?

Things that can cause high boost:

*wastegate not mechanically connected to actuator
*vacuum line to wastegate actuator not connected
*vacuum line to pre-control actuator not connected
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You are probably already boosting too high with those two mods (blowoff valve doesn't count). Get a boost gauge, and check it right away. If it is over 11 psi, which it probably is, get a boost controller.
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