not feeling the boost

[slambed_civic]

cracked manifold?

 

[AjPetrarca23]

its not tuned yet. a few months back i tried boosting my automatic civic and felt more power.

t3/t4 turbo
phearable ecu chipped for my specs.
440cc injectors
255 pump
NGK spark plugs
6 lb spring in the WG

 

[jason_guy_yeah]

Do you have the lines hooked up right on the blow off valve?

 

[AjPetrarca23]

its hooked up to a vaccum line on the intake mani.

 

[slambed_civic]

there is no vacuum line hooked up on your wastegate!! haha. goof

 

[slambed_civic]

you should really think about getting a battery tie down. you should also reroute your oil supply line. gaurentee youre boiling your oil before it gets to the turbo.

 

[RKSskier]

Good chance it has to do with your ecu. I say this becuase I have started to get something similar to this. if you can hear your turbo start to spool, and if you floor it and it will go to 0, then I would be willing to bet its the ecu. Common, I mean small vac leaks aren't going to stop it exactly at 0 psi. Mine I believeis from hitting boost cut, as I will get up to boost, then after a bit of boost it say no more, and cuts out and next time I giver some gas all of a sudden will go to 0 boost/vac and won't improve over that untill I turn the car off and then back on.

If you know someone with a chipped ecu or that can burn you a chip I would reccomend trying that, becuase it really sounds like the ecu is limiting your boost.

If at worst you can't find anyone to help you out, I can burn a chip for you and send it to you for the cost of the chip. Best of luck

 

[AjPetrarca23]

there is no vacuum line hooked up on your wastegate!! haha. goof

i thought you only need that if your using a boost controller, or to get the wastegate to open up. if the wastegate isnt opening shouldn't i still be seeing boost

 

[slambed_civic]

i thought you only need that if your using a boost controller, or to get the wastegate to open up. if the wastegate isnt opening shouldn't i still be seeing boost

either way, it needs to be hooked up. to the side. not the top

 

[QzFiNeST107]

imo it might be a bad wastegate

btw what brand turbo kit is that?

 

[slambed_civic]

imo it might be a bad wastegate

btw what brand turbo kit is that?

its not even hooked up.


OP hook it up and report back to us please

 

[AjPetrarca23]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/T3-T4-T04E-Turbocharger-63-A-R-Turbo-CIVIC-D16-B16-B18_W0QQitemZ320237563271QQcmdZViewItem

that is the exact turbo im using. could it be that its just a cheap turbo.

 

[JDM Davey]

lol good luck with this

 

[AjPetrarca23]

hooked up the W/G and still only getting about 2psi

 

[Almighty-Si]

Take your wastegate off, take it apart and post some close up shots of it apart.

 

[AjPetrarca23]

what are you thinkin could be wrong w/ it. its not letting air get out i know that cuz i blocked it off and its doing the same thing

 

[Genuine Rolla]

are you sure that the turbo is able to spin freely....

 

[AjPetrarca23]

yeah its spining fine. i felt to today and it spun easy

 

[Scorchsta]

Check your couplers. I was having a problem with not getting enough boost and it turned out I had a small slice in one of my couplers.

 

[slambed_civic]

what are you thinkin could be wrong w/ it. its not letting air get out i know that cuz i blocked it off and its doing the same thing

how did you do this? your turbo will not correctly build pressure unless the engine is under some sort of load.