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How to boost JA with intercooler to 12psi

Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2005 11:52 pm
by Drift
Hey guys i got a JA starion with intercooler but even with boost controller cant get it past 6psi (tried 3 different types including turbosmart and bleedvalve .... it dosnt seem to go past 6 psi what ever i do... I have 2 boost guages so i suppose one must be right as both read same level.
Is this a limit on the ecu (maybe need to be chipped or something)?
Thanks for any help

Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 12:06 am
by SpidersWeb
Factory boost is higher than that. ECU wont be a problem until around 13psi on average I think.

Possibly your wastegate has jammed open??

Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 12:11 am
by Drift
ah k... how do i check that?
is it easy fix?
a pic would help if its no trouble cos i have no idea what im lookin for lol
thanks

turbo

Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 4:33 am
by pajeroturbo
there could be 2 problems 1:you have a bad waste gate stuck open 2:you have a cranck waste gate on your turbo and you have to fix your turbo.

Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 9:36 am
by Alspos
The wastgate may be partially open, if it was fully open you'd get minimal boost. How is the bleed valve or whatever plumbed in?

The wastegate lever is located directly down from the turbo when you look in from the drivers side. Look down, you will see a thin rod, LHS end connects to a lever (wastegate) and the other end goes into a round tin, under the front of the turbo (actuator) From memory, the lever should be vertical, and points downwards.
Where are you located?

Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 4:46 pm
by Drift
Fixed thanks

Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 6:30 pm
by SpidersWeb
What was it.......?

Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 9:41 pm
by TD05
yeah what was it?? :?

Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 10:16 pm
by NXTIME
Come on, what was it? :D

Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 10:34 pm
by Cookiemonster
Errr, what was it?

Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 7:59 am
by Drift
I took it to mechanic and he said he replumbed it.. I had a bleed valve that was building up too much pressure or something that stopped something from allowing enough boost.
As you can probably tell i didnt really understand what he said.
Now i am just running a turbosmart boost controller. I am using 10psi.
Ill try find out what it was and post it here.