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Installed intercooler, tightened clamps, still seeing only 23psi

Erick_V

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Double check ALL of your clamps. Get a socket on them one more time and turn them then reload your map and see if it makes a difference. It's also possible you're leaking boost through your symposer. I deleted mine within the first year so I couldn't tell you how to test it. Whoosh sells the delete for very cheap:
https://whoosh-motorsports.myshopif...sd-kit-silicone-symposer-delete-free-shipping

Can be had for $19 shipped to your door with the forum discount
 


TyphoonFiST

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Any advice on how to go about fixing this?


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Just quit now and go out and Buy an Gen2 and Aux. fuel...that's how you fix this......[drummer]..I see 28 plus on a daily basis......[driving]or you could buy a pressure tester and do it the right way.....[thankyou]
 


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Might be a stupid question here but, have you tightened the nut on the wastegate all the way and put preload on it? Mine had a fair bit of preload on the stock wastegate to get 26-28 psi.

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Might be a stupid question here but, have you tightened the nut on the wastegate all the way and put preload on it? Mine had a fair bit of preload on the stock wastegate to get 26-28 psi.

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No I didn’t. Could you direct me to a thread that explains this? Thanks


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I would rather see a log before buying parts at random trying to figuring out if it is a leak or no. Boost is not important in tuning this platform, is load
 


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Might be a stupid question here but, have you tightened the nut on the wastegate all the way and put preload on it? Mine had a fair bit of preload on the stock wastegate to get 26-28 psi.

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Dont do this. If it is stock wastegate you dont need to touch it.
 


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Like others have said. Your car is tuned on a torque target, not a boost target. So if it only takes your car 23psi to hit the requested torque, thats all the car is going to make.

Things to note:
-Tightening the OEM wastegate is not a worthwhile mod
-Upgrading the wastegate will help keep some boost top end but the stock turbo just can't flow to make it a cost effective mod
 


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Like others have said. Your car is tuned on a torque target, not a boost target. So if it only takes your car 23psi to hit the requested torque, thats all the car is going to make.

Things to note:
-Tightening the OEM wastegate is not a worthwhile mod
-Upgrading the wastegate will help keep some boost top end but the stock turbo just can't flow to make it a cost effective mod
Did you hack my whoosh cart? I was about to buy a new bov, symposer delete, and replace all of the induction piping lol


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MagnetiseST

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Did you hack my whoosh cart? I was about to buy a new bov, symposer delete, and replace all of the induction piping lol


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Lmfao. The symposer delete is all that i would go for. Maybe the hoses as well, you could have a tiny hole in one of the factory ones.
 




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