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Old 20-12-2008, 11:24 AM
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After quite a few trips to see Simon (JGM) We've finally managed to get my car up to where I want it!!

Was at Charlies (SRR) with Simon on Thursday and got 312.9bhp/313lbft from my little UK Classic....

Finally in the 300/300 Club!

Big thanks must go to Simon and Charlie for all their advice, time and effort over the last year or so!!
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Old 20-12-2008, 11:35 AM
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Well done hun at least your happy now
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Old 20-12-2008, 11:55 AM
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whats the spec and why did it take so long ?
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Old 20-12-2008, 12:34 PM
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Apexi Power FC
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STI 8 TMIC
Forge Recirc DV
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It took so long as it wasn't holding boost very well towards the redline and I've been rather slow about getting things sorted to find out why!
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Old 20-12-2008, 04:17 PM
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cool its sorted
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Old 20-12-2008, 09:33 PM
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Why was the boost dropping then ?
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Old 21-12-2008, 11:58 AM
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Well the replacement turbo seems to have sorted it so either the other turbo had just about had enough or there was a problem with the wastegate/actuator.

If anyone has any ideas on how I could check the actuator etc so I know if I can sell the turbo or not that would be great....
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Old 21-12-2008, 03:18 PM
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Good job matey.
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Old 21-12-2008, 06:56 PM
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Nice one, good torque there.
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Old 21-12-2008, 08:17 PM
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VF actuators are not adjustable otherwise you could tighten it to help hold boost.
Are you running a 2-port or 3-port OE solenoids or an AVCR ?

A 3-port may help, but my VF28 also drops at the top even on a 3-port.
The VF's need a fair amount of duty at the top end to maintain the boost, unfortunatley a PFC doesn't give you the option to set per Rpm.

What boost you running and holding at the top now compared to before ??
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Old 21-12-2008, 09:09 PM
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I did start looking in to replacement actuators before the turbo came up but when I found the newer VF with a fair few less miles than the first 1 I had it was just as easy to change the lot.

I'm on a 3-Port already. I like the idea of an AVCR but I'm not sure its worth it for the minor gains I'd get at the top end. I know the boost control on PFC is a little limiting with the single global duty setting but hey....

Its mapped to aim for 1.4 bar and on the rollers we saw 1.42 dropping to about 1.2 (maybe a little less!) at 7k.... This is all in 3rd on the rollers. On the road in 4th/5th I see a slightly higher peak (1.45bar max) with the slightly increased load. On the previous turbo it was peaking at about the same amount of boost (but 300/400rpm later!) but was dropping to barely 1 bar even in 4th.
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Old 21-12-2008, 10:51 PM
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Sounds about spot on what I'm running.
Commander peaks at about 1.45 in 4th/5th and drops to around 1.1/1.2
We have very similar power figure too.

My last run was 305/305 at SRR. Hoping for a bit more next year as was only running about 1.3bar last time.

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