car wont boost past 10.5 psi WTF!

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Old Jul 24, 2003 | 06:54 PM
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Default car wont boost past 10.5 psi WTF!

I cant get my car to boost over 10.5 psi. I have a custom kit with a t4 turbo,drag manifold, tial wg, spark intercooler and a manual boost control and a smc plus. I have tightend the damn boost controller down to the max and i cant seem to find any leaks in the piping. Im going to the track tommorow and i want to see how much boost i can push with my stock map. should i throw another boost controller on there?
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Old Jul 24, 2003 | 07:06 PM
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Default Re: car wont boost past 10.5 psi WTF! (b16aturbopwrd)

check vaccumm lines...... maybe u popped the intercooler
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Old Jul 24, 2003 | 07:22 PM
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ill take the intercooler off tommorow and check it out.
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Old Jul 24, 2003 | 08:03 PM
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Default Re: car wont boost past 10.5 psi WTF! (b16aturbopwrd)

what spring is your wastgate and be sure to check your vacum lines very good
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Old Jul 24, 2003 | 08:15 PM
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you probably have a boost leak in your couplers / piping connection... disconnect the vaccum all together from the wastegate and see what it boosts if you really wanna test it out.
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Old Jul 24, 2003 | 08:48 PM
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Default Re: car wont boost past 10.5 psi WTF! (94goldjungsr)

gl ... i hope your car can take more than 10.5psi at the track
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Old Jul 24, 2003 | 09:19 PM
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Default Re: car wont boost past 10.5 psi WTF! (psileepR)

bad turbo?
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Old Jul 25, 2003 | 10:07 AM
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the stock map sensor can only read to about 11 or 12 psi.
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