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Old 14 April 2005, 03:41 PM
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I have a 1992 WRX import and my boost guage shows it boosting at 7.5 PSI max. Is this correct? the car doesnt feel slow although a couple of my mates imports are running standard and sometimes they can hit between 13 and 15 PSI. Does it make a difference depending what gear you are in and the speed you are going?

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Old 14 April 2005, 03:54 PM
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I'm no expert but 7.5psi suggests that you are in 'limp home mode'. I would say 13 to 15 psi is about the norm- sure someone on here will know the exact figure.

My MY93 Sti went into 'limp home mode' - if this has happened to you then you should be smiling when it gets back to standard boost. Try a reset (search should help).

Good luck anyway
Old 14 April 2005, 07:27 PM
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Correct boost target is 11.5 psi for that car.
Old 14 April 2005, 07:29 PM
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Thanks very much for that mate, very encouraging! It is booked in for a diagnostics tomorrow anyway, but i was just wondering what the problem could be. The ecu was reset a couple of weeks ago.

Also, i thought the 'get me home' mode limited your boost a different way. The reason i had to have my ECU reset a couple of weeks back was because when i booted it the car would stop me from going beyond 4500rpm - which i thought was the 'get me home' mode, but perhaps that is something different?

Cheers for your help tho mate

Anyone else?

Luke
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