not making power and dont know why???
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not making power and dont know why???
my all motor setup dyno'd at 169 whp and 126 tq. now i put a turbo kit on and to my surprise i dyno'd at 184 whp and 146 tq. that just doesnt sound right to me, so i swaped out my stage 1 cams for some gsr cams and prayed for a improvement. well needless to say there was no improvement. i lost top end power...
i found a couple of leaks...fixed them and still no top end power... i keep losing boost through out the top end....7..6...5..
i had better top end with the stage 1's....but with the gsr's i gained in my mid range...
anyone have any ideas on where to looking for problems...? could it just be the turbo itself that has gone bad?
i running a stock b18b block and b16 head with dual valve springs/retainers, adjustable cam gears, chipped p28, and a greddy turbo kit.
please help...thanks
i found a couple of leaks...fixed them and still no top end power... i keep losing boost through out the top end....7..6...5..
i had better top end with the stage 1's....but with the gsr's i gained in my mid range...
anyone have any ideas on where to looking for problems...? could it just be the turbo itself that has gone bad?
i running a stock b18b block and b16 head with dual valve springs/retainers, adjustable cam gears, chipped p28, and a greddy turbo kit.
please help...thanks
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Re: (ecks_fourttwo)
how much boost are you running? I think that kit is something like 5.5 psi? Do you have a boost gauge to see if your getting the boost into the intake manifold? Check IC piping connections. Good luck
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i would also get it tuned. cuz you could throw a kit on there and prolly gain about 50-75 hp, but if you get it tuned those numbers could almost triple. not to mention it being a lot more reliable than before. just my .02
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Re: not making power and dont know why??? (willie_su2166)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by willie_su2166 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I had the same problem on my boosted b18c, the problem was bad wire connection because vtec was not working properly.</TD></TR></TABLE>
where did you find the wire problem...just asking so that i can know where to start looking...
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 93NTEGLS »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i would also get it tuned. cuz you could throw a kit on there and prolly gain about 50-75 hp, but if you get it tuned those numbers could almost triple. not to mention it being a lot more reliable than before. just my .02</TD></TR></TABLE>
i did get it tuned...at first we though it might be the stage 1 cams that where overlapping too much and letting too much boost out... so we swapped out with gsr cams, and it still made no difference.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by delslo93 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">how much boost are you running? I think that kit is something like 5.5 psi? Do you have a boost gauge to see if your getting the boost into the intake manifold? Check IC piping connections. Good luck</TD></TR></TABLE>
im running 7 psi right now...
where did you find the wire problem...just asking so that i can know where to start looking...
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 93NTEGLS »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i would also get it tuned. cuz you could throw a kit on there and prolly gain about 50-75 hp, but if you get it tuned those numbers could almost triple. not to mention it being a lot more reliable than before. just my .02</TD></TR></TABLE>
i did get it tuned...at first we though it might be the stage 1 cams that where overlapping too much and letting too much boost out... so we swapped out with gsr cams, and it still made no difference.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by delslo93 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">how much boost are you running? I think that kit is something like 5.5 psi? Do you have a boost gauge to see if your getting the boost into the intake manifold? Check IC piping connections. Good luck</TD></TR></TABLE>
im running 7 psi right now...
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Re: not making power and dont know why??? (ecks_fourttwo)
so you're running 7 psi so thats what your boost gauge says? Or are you just going off of what the stock wastegate spring is?
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Re: not making power and dont know why??? (delslo93)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by delslo93 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">so you're running 7 psi so thats what your boost gauge says? Or are you just going off of what the stock wastegate spring is?</TD></TR></TABLE>
thats what the gauge says... it goes to 7 and drops slowly from there.
thats what the gauge says... it goes to 7 and drops slowly from there.
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Re: not making power and dont know why??? (ecks_fourttwo)
we'll it sounds like you have a boost leak then my friend. Check possible sources for pressure losses.
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Re: (ecks_fourttwo)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ecks_fourttwo »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">problem solved...</TD></TR></TABLE>
wat was the problem?
wat was the problem?
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Re: (no2unenolife)
it was one of those nasty leaks... it was coming from the weld on the blow off valve... and another on the charge pipe... after getting rid of those leaks i made another 26 whp and 31 lbs. tq.!
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