nemo1983

Hi there im a newbie on here but not really a scooby newbie as this is my second scooby, i have a 93 wrx ra and have been having problems with my uppipe blowing, also have a standard exhaust system need to get rid of asap,lol.before i fitted my scooby ecu i was getting max boost 0.6-0.7 bar now its fitted im hitting 0.9 bar but should be 1.2. Is this because of a blowing uppipe and standard exhaust system?i have to say though i still noticed the difference , so much smoother and spools up a lot quicker.

any help on this would be great

David

mickywrx

iTrader: (29)

Do you have a boost controller fitted?

If not, I doubt you'll get near to 1.2bar as I think that is the target boost limit?

nemo1983

i have one but it is not fitted, should i fit this and rais boost to 1.2bar even with blowing uppipe is this safe?

Jolly Green Monster

iTrader: (4)

fix the uppipe.. lol

JohnnyR6

sounds like your boost gauge may be under reading, iirc 0.6 bar is low for standard boost. My sti2 ran 0.9 bar standard and now 1.35 bar with scoob ecu....

Also as the above says, fix any exhaust probs first before modding.


Johnny

nemo1983

yeah i agree,lol it needs fixed i am normaly quite confident fixing cars but the uppipe looks quite hard, how much should a garage charge for this roughly?do i neet to take the turbo off ??

Scott.T

iTrader: (2)

RA should run 0.8bar if 1993-1994 or 0.87bar if 1994-1996 as standard.
fix the up-pipe. if that don't fix it then clean out all the boost hoses.

there are 2 ways to get the up pipe out. the long way is turbo off and get up-pipe out from the top.
the other is to remove and engine mount and jack engine up slightly to get it out from the bottom.

it's not s nice job either way due to the potential to knacker the studs/nuts.

nemo1983

oh sounds like i would probably get the broken studs knowing my luck,lol, like your car by the way scott looks a lot like mine, will get sum pics up soon, i think ill take it to a garage do you know roughly a price to fix if i supply my own uppipe just so i dont get bumped?thanks