i am driving my friends new turbo integra home. i dont want to mess it up because it has a little head gasket leak. how low of boost should i set it to? its 11 psi right now.

 

40 psi is good. make sure to buy 87 octane and redline it

 

lol i will have all the damn fun then!

 

hmmm tons of sarcasum here...

i wouldn't really drive it at all but if you must i wouldn't boost it at all...there's no need too

 

dont go into to boost much

 

how would i turn it off? i am new at turbo stuff...

 

your boost will kick in at a rpm just shift lower then that point. depends on your set up i said 3500 rpm shift will do you fine.

 

thanks alot!

 

/facepalm ..
Just drive it easy, don't push the gas pedal more then halfway and you'll prolly never go into boost.

 

Theres no boost controller? Just set it as low as possible.

 

yeah drive like a grandma and don't go over 3k

 

I wouldn't let the car see any boost and to be honest if it was my car i wouldn't drive it in that condition. Does the car have a boost gauge? Just make sure you stay in vacuum. Don't let it overheat

 

yeah honestly you should have that thing parked...


next week this guy will have a thread up called

i drove my buddies boosted DC2 and blew it to all hell and i don't know why

 

wait why are you driving the car if you dont know much about turbo? why cant your friend drive it.

 

stupid.... Hammer it, if its that bad tow it.. Myself I would beat on it.

 

so now turbo's spool at certain rpm's? like its preset in the turbo itself huh? you can drive that thing all day every day without getting into boost. not sure how to explain it, but its almost like there's two throttle positions, ie; 3,000 rpms, and 3,000 rpms with boost. it all depends on how hard you accelerate. you can drive a turbo car, without getting into boost. its not hard. just don't think you have to race everywhere.

 

yeah just be easy on the pedal, i can redline my car in second gear with out hitting even a single pound of boost, wouldnt recommend that though lol.

 

just drive it by putting as little load as possible on the engine, and keep it in vacuum as much as possible.

 

Right?

OP, unless your friend's ok with it, I wouldnt want to be liable of any damage as a result of the blown gasket and potential coolant/oil contamination issues that are present with a blown HG. Let your friend drive it, or better yet tow it.

 

he doesn't know how to drive stick. so thats why i am driving it to his house. the seller told him that it is burning coolant at high RPMs. i am going to JOTECH to get a price check to fix the damn thing, which is 3 miles away from the sellers house. and my friend lives about 10 minutes away. my friend will be with me. i will stay under 3000. we are picking it up tomorrow. i wouldnt be surprised if it ***** up on the way home. lots of people told him not to buy the damn car even me...

 

Ahh.....I see. GL with it!