changed WG spring, issues
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changed WG spring, issues so i had an 8psi waste gate spring in, and went to up to a 12psi spring, well i switched them out, i seem to have the same power as 8psi, my gauge says 12 but it sounds like it shudders, what i was wondering is do i need to change a bov valve spring too?? would that cause my BOV to flutter with higher boost?
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Are you just running on the spring or are you running a controller. I've had the same problem outta boost controllers. I wouldn't think the bov would flutter but I guess it is possible . What size wg ?
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its just a new spring, no controller, and pretty sure 44mm, like the car dosnt lose power it just feels basically like i did on 8psi, just makes alot more turbo noise and a weird studdery sound.
im gunna try a diff tune and see what it does but ill look more into the BOV situation too, everything i read though said use the lightest spring possible
im gunna try a diff tune and see what it does but ill look more into the BOV situation too, everything i read though said use the lightest spring possible
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hard to tell cause its not real distinct, something else i thought of is race season ended so i closed my exhaust back up and its real restrictive, could this cause it to feel like its loosing boost up top?
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[QUOTE=ToxicWS6;17729593]hard to tell cause its not real distinct, something else i thought of is race season ended so i closed my exhaust back up and its real restrictive, could this cause it to feel like its loosing boost up top?[/QUO Yes defintly it could fall off up top . If exhaust is real restrictive it'll kill it for sure on a turbo application.
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so i opened back up my cut out, i gained 2psi and alot more noise lol, still dosnt pull like it should and sounds the same
my question now is, can i breaking up cause of not enough fuel and still read rich?
my question now is, can i breaking up cause of not enough fuel and still read rich?
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If it's breaking up, check your plug gaps, close them down to around 28 thou.
Also what valve springs are you running ? if std, your probably getting valve float at the higher boost level.
And check with a wideband that you have enough fuel in your tune for the extra boost, or you may kiss your engine goodbye .
Also what valve springs are you running ? if std, your probably getting valve float at the higher boost level.
And check with a wideband that you have enough fuel in your tune for the extra boost, or you may kiss your engine goodbye .
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