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Old May 7, 2008 | 07:03 AM
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Well you will have to adjust your A setting duty cycle a little at a time untill you hold your desired boost in 3rd or 4th gear. It took me a little while on the dyno to get mine dialed in, just take it slow and move the number upward and then do a pull and see what you are holding. Also after each run clear out the peak boost and do another pull. This will tell you what you are spiking.

I am at 23/24 and my settings are

A- Duty Cycle 64
B- Duty Cycle 62 (cold weather)
Spring crack pressure - 11psi
Alarm - 25psi

THANKS, OK WERE I PUT THE 64 ? I KNOW THE SCP AND THE ALARM

WHAT IM TRYING TO SAYING IS THAT I DONT KNOW THE MINING OF DUTY CYCLE
AND WHO IM GONA PUT THAT INFO IN PROGRAM MODE

HERE in Puerto Rico WE HAVE HOT WEATHER ALMOST ALL THE YEAR

WHEN YOU SAID A-64 , BUT THAT IS BOOST SETTING A ?


TRUST ME I KNOW HOW TO SPEAK ENGLISH BUT MY BUT MY WRITING IS BAD AS HELL

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP
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Old May 8, 2008 | 09:24 AM
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Old Sep 1, 2008 | 07:05 AM
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gettin my true boost.. need to know this too!

Thanks!
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Old Sep 1, 2008 | 08:01 AM
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Set SCR (spring crack pressure to about 11 or 12) and yes you set the 64 under boost setting A (also known as wastegate duty cycle). As said before, different boost settings for different cars. My car hits 23lbs at about 58 instead of 64. I would recommend setting it to the low 50s to begin with and slowly go up from there until you hit target boost.

Not to be a dick, but if you can't understand the directions, this might not be something you want to do yourself as you can easily destroy your engine.
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Old Sep 1, 2008 | 11:03 AM
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its really a test and check system... adjust your settings one at a time slowly and do an few pulls to see where you hit... i had to do this 10000000x, then i just got rid of the headache
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Old Sep 12, 2008 | 08:02 AM
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I'm setting up my Tru Boost and have a couple questions and verifications so I can feel a little more confident about the install. On the directions from AEM, it says to route the scramble boost (orange) wire through a switch then to ground. Why would I want it switched? Shouldn't I just keep it constant?

The grey wire says to go through a warning light to 12V. Do I need a light or is there an indicator alarm in the controller already?

Where's the best place to tap into the vaccum hoses routing back to the gauge?
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Old Nov 18, 2008 | 09:45 PM
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i wana set my boost to 21.5psi, but im not sure wut to set the FUL,SCr to. i have the SCb set at 60, and the SPr set at 3.5. can some one plz tell wut im doin wrong?
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Old Nov 19, 2008 | 06:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Sicks
I'm setting up my Tru Boost and have a couple questions and verifications so I can feel a little more confident about the install. On the directions from AEM, it says to route the scramble boost (orange) wire through a switch then to ground. Why would I want it switched? Shouldn't I just keep it constant?

The grey wire says to go through a warning light to 12V. Do I need a light or is there an indicator alarm in the controller already?

Where's the best place to tap into the vaccum hoses routing back to the gauge?
I didn't mess with hooking up the grey or orange wire those are both optional. I didn't touch my scramble boost wire just on the gauge settings. I also t'd into the fuel pressure regulater for vacuum pressure.

Originally Posted by buddah2006
i wana set my boost to 21.5psi, but im not sure wut to set the FUL,SCr to. i have the SCb set at 60, and the SPr set at 3.5. can some one plz tell wut im doin wrong?
I would raise your spring pressure (spr) to at least 11-12, the highest I would set it at it 14 since the stock WG is really set to open at 14 anyway. For about 21.5 psi you're just going to have to play with it a little bit. I think you should set it to about 55% duty cycle. I was around 63% and I was hitting 23 psi no i'm at 71-72% hitting 25 psi.
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Old Nov 19, 2008 | 10:23 AM
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The scramble boost is "useless" for most of us. It just temporarily raises the boost a set amount for a set period of time. Don't use it.
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Old Nov 19, 2008 | 10:39 AM
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As said above, you'll have to play with it. Different cars/mods will probably end up with different settings. I hit about 23lbs with 55% dutycycle. I would start in the low to mid 40s, to be safe, and work up from there.
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Old Dec 29, 2008 | 01:58 AM
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I need some help, could anyone post pics of ther AEM Tru-boost installation? where did you guys attach the 2 red wires too? Also what do you do with the factory solenoid? do you tee it or just leave it alone? Thanks in advanced
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 02:30 AM
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Come on, anyone?????
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Old Jan 9, 2009 | 08:50 PM
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cap off the factory solenoid. I believe i tapped the 2 red wires into my radio harness. works great so far.

was thinking about doing a write up soon but its plenty cold here.
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Old Jan 11, 2009 | 11:54 PM
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Thanks! Will give it a shot tomorrow.
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Old Jan 26, 2009 | 04:21 PM
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some pics until it gets warm enough to do a proper How-to

Aem Tru Boost Installation
link for the manual as posted before
http://tunertools.com/prodimages/AEM...st_30-4350.pdf

Heres a pic of how the solenoid is wired. mine is temp tied to a bar off of my battery.


Vacuum hoses
#2 on the left goes to the waste gate
#3 goes to the turbo. #1 is capped
Brown wires from the solenoid run through the firewall.




Pressure Sensor Hose. T-d as shown above. ZIP TIE CONNECTIONS
Clear hose runs down the back through the firewall along with the wires.




Wires running through firewall. hole is on the passenger side. Red wire is for the stereo so ignore.





Installed


Clear tube goes to the back of the gauge.
Wiring is pretty straight forward but i'll add pics of that too later.
lemme know if this helps ya
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