we don't know any cases in which theyve blown from not fooling around tho.

lowering compression isn' the best idea

 

i have a turbo xs manual bleed type boost controller on my wrx and it works fine. i have alot of Turbo xs components and had no problems with them and i absolutely love them. of course i also know what i was doing and wouldn't overboost my car. you can't simply throw more boost. you need to have the proper fueling AFR ignition retard and compression ratio. it sounded like the piston might have melted so you should have had an egt gauge to make sure it wasn't getting too hot and an AFR and boost gauge to make sure you don't detonate. also you need to run premium gasoline. in my opinion the Turboxs Boost controller isn't at fault i believe it was ignorance in knowing how to tune it.

 

and avery small percentage of lancers with the rrm turbo actually come on this site.

why do you say lowering compressions isnt a good idea?

 

RRM Non-IC Turbo Kit
RRM Header
Greddy EVO. Cat-Back Exhaust
Magnacore Wires
RRM High-Flow Cat
Upgraded Fuel Rail
Greddy Type-S BOV
Nology Silverstone Spark Plugs
Turbo XS HP Boost Controller
Ralliart Ground Wire Kit
Turbo Heat Shielding Kit

 

the problem could lie in the plugs...just an idea tho.

mike - to my knowledge, nobody has done this yet and it isn' t gauranteed that the gains to be found during boost are worth what you will lose before you reach boost. if somebody wanted to do it id be interested in seeing the numbers tho, and more importantly the power curve.

 

OK, I have a EGT gauge ( didn't read high at all), a boost gauge ( didn't see it move at all), and have been running premium gas. When I set the controller I only raised it 1psi. The bov valve was set to what RRM said. So I hardly screwed with anything on the setup. I paid attention to everything that the guys at RRM said. I've heard a lot of people on here complaining about turbo xs products. I looked at the pistons today and the number 3 was broken. There was a piece missing off the side of it and I could see the ring.

 

there are a couple ppl that have, omarboy and typhoondrifter, the serious turbo guys on here, i will also be going that route. your top end matters more anyways, we get crap for traction anyways so raising low end power does less than raising high end. plus being able to run the amoutn of boost when you drop the compression is a considerable jump.

 

Rob has told me that he has seen other kits blow. There are other posts on here stating that. Ask him and he'll tell you that just as he told me. Also I didn't F*** with it to the point that it should blow. There are guys on here that run a lot more boost than where I was at on stock internals and they haven't had issues.

 

Alot of people on here seem to think it is

 

alright whatever, i don't know anything, you guys got it all down pat. all i know is that when you throw in one step HOTTER plugs on a turbo setup your barking up the wrong tree, thats fine tho. I like how people always want to sit here and name their posts **** like "my car blew up" and "my rrm kit blew up" maybe someone should name it "i did some **** that was included in the kit, but i changed it and then my car blew up." others peoples kits arn't blowing up becuase they are f'ing with stuff. as far as lower compression pistons, thats fine, i havn't seen any numbers from them but i'm sure that there are gains to be had, all i know is that everyone has different uses for their cars and mine arn't already found on the top end.

 

Dude, don't get your panties in a bunch! Everyone is allowed their opinion. Why freak out about it?

 

Welcome to the club.

 

that post didn't have anything to do with opinions

 

You did this to yours too? Did you get upgraded pistons instead of going back to stock? Can you give me a brief description of everything you had to do? Did you have to hone out the cylinder and did you replace bearings?

 

run a search under his name, he has several thraeds discussing it and devoted to it.