Hi guys.

I know this question has been asked many times but the threads I follow all seem to refer to modified cars.
I have a 1999 UK wagon. As far as I know it is standard apart from a ITG flat panel air filter and a full standless pipe (don't know about the CAT).
It was just boosting to standard (about .7 bar) and as such seemed very slow. I am used to a 20V FIAT coupe and when I wanted something more practical I looked for sa car which had the same 0-60, around 6.2 secs.
I have to say, either the FIAT has been chipped or the scooby isn't running right, as it is nowhere near as quick.
Anyway, someone else at work has exactly the same car except its a saloon and he told me it was ok to fit a manual boost controller and run at 1bar without changing anything else. I have now done that but if I boot it the boost controller shows an initaial peak of about 1.3-1.4 before leveling out at 1ish. Is this safe or do I need to lower the boost?

Any comments much appreciated.

Russ.

 

Too high peak boost,and i think the standard boost level should be 0.9 bar...... if its at 0.7 it might be in limp mode and that might be the reason it feels slow,do a diagnostic check for any fault codes to see if there is any cause for the initial low boost.