Switched to E85 and only Made an Extra 16WHP
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Something is definitely holding it back. Do you have a cat by chance? If so maybe its clogged or its just very restrictive?
We know that turbo is pretty small however that is irrelevant bc it flows more than an IX turbo and the IX turbo on corn is good for over 400.
Can you give us a breakdown of your full mods list? Even the 340 on pump is really low IMO. Something isnt quite right here...
We know that turbo is pretty small however that is irrelevant bc it flows more than an IX turbo and the IX turbo on corn is good for over 400.
Can you give us a breakdown of your full mods list? Even the 340 on pump is really low IMO. Something isnt quite right here...
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Ok I just checked and it has No in or out Play but has maybe 1 MM of up and down play,Very minimal but fins do not touch housing at all. One thing I could maybe think of is the Manifold to turbo has four bolts but one is stripped and just laying there, but I don't believe that she be an issue.
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I have full Turbo back exhaust with no Catalytic, also have a Tomei 02 housing, ETS intercooler piping, upgraded intercooler, Tomei turbo, cams, cam gears, PTE 1200 cc injectors on E85. I just don't want to replace the turbo if its working good,I mean it does push good PSI
A stock turbo is pretty stout even at a 30 PSI spike, tried and true technology with very rare failure rate. But if you continue to run pump gas boost and not take advantage of a massive timing curve within the spike your power levels will be pedestrian at best. Look into a BB GREEN at least a red if you want 550whp all day long.
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You are slow boosting, your not peaking at what should be 4-4500 rpm your almost 2000 rpm later-- how about WG issues.. That turbo has been dyno'd and posted up here on the forum and the curve looks very different from yours-- should be very similar to stock, but you are way off and to the rt.
Ok I just checked and it has No in or out Play but has maybe 1 MM of up and down play,Very minimal but fins do not touch housing at all. One thing I could maybe think of is the Manifold to turbo has four bolts but one is stripped and just laying there, but I don't believe that she be an issue.
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Wow you know what tomorrow I am going to find a bolt long enough and put a Nut on the other side and tighten it. I mean everything seems to be perfect so it can probably be that.
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Just went to my car and looked around the Exhaust to turbo connection and I can see that a piece of the gasket broke and there is a small space inbetween, when I turned on the car I can definitely feel an Exhaust leak spraying air throught there. But, on Idle is a nice bit of air but under boost I can only imagine.
Just went to my car and looked around the Exhaust to turbo connection and I can see that a piece of the gasket broke and there is a small space inbetween, when I turned on the car I can definitely feel an Exhaust leak spraying air throught there. But, on Idle is a nice bit of air but under boost I can only imagine.
Well now you know what the issue is! once you get a new gasket and retap / fix your leak you should spool 10x quicker and it will make more power. be careful though, it may boost way higher then it is now after you fix that leak.