what is the best way to lay off boost before tuning? can I just keep one of the pipes disconnected and drive it like that? or will there be some sort of vacuum problem? the thing is I want to get it tuned out of town and I don't want to drive 55-60 the whole way. any suggestions?

 

take the fire ring out of the wastegate...and dont get feet happy when pushing the throttle...

 

Pull out the wastegate spring.

 

u'll still see boost if u take the ring out. just dont push the throttle past 1/4 of the way

 

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shift under 3500 and dont push the throttle, judt drive like you just saw a cop and youll be good to go

 

I drove 220 miles without going into boost to get tuned and had to go up and down hills. You can rev to 8000 rpm without going into boost. It all depends on engine load, not what gear/rpm you are in/at. Drive like a normal person and you will be fine.

What I did was hook up my boost gauge, which shows vac, before installing the turbo. Then I drove around like that for a few days so I could find out exactly what I could and couldn't do. If you start to get close to 0 vac, you would be nearing boost so back off.

 

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What I did was hook up my boost gauge, which shows vac, before installing the turbo. Then I drove around like that for a few days so I could find out exactly what I could and couldn't do. If you start to get close to 0 vac, you would be nearing boost so back off.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

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Yes...but its harder to build it boost....it creeps very very slowly

 

just dissconnect one of the charge pipes untill you can get tuned. just make sure not to drive it too hard, as you can overspin the turbo and mess up the bearings

 

okay thanks for the suggestions, so I should be safe cruising around at 3500rpm 65mph right?

 

yep.

 

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don't disconnect your vacuum pipes.. take out the wastegate spring and under WOT the most you'll hit will be 0psi. if you gotta smaller turbo, it will be kind of hard not to go into boost

 

the best way to drive is to keep an eye on your wideband. find the sweet spot and try your best to stay there. For a while if I cruised the streets in 5th she stayed at a reasonable af ratio. I didnt wont to blow the motor and still wanted to save on gas.

 

anyone have a writeup, or instructions on how to take the spring out? I have a greddy kit, with the internal wastegate

 

bump

 

remove the wastegate spring and make sure all vac hoses are still connected to it so you dont make any vac leaks! what wastegate do you have? if its internal wastegate you are better off leaving it as it is and just drive with care...just watch your boost gauge!