Well i bought my wrx 1995 import about 5 months ago. Its been very well looked after, got 69000 on the clock had new cam belt ect. It runs very well no knocking does not use any oil or water. The car does not hold back in any gears at all and done 130 in it pulling well ! It has always boosted at just over 0.5 on my greedy gauge and never faulted the lad said it always had boosted at this while he had had it, I have found out today this is not right and should be boosting at around 0.9 standard! any advice would be appriciated. I am going to have a look at the ecu tomorrow to see which i have on and maybe try a reset.
thanks bry

 

the actuator has probably been slacked off.

 

how would i go about cheaking this mate?

 

bump

 

take it to some who know what there doing, adjusting boost level's manualy is asking for trouble

 

there maybe a bleeder valve (turbo booster) on it it could be on full wack

 

its boosting at around 0.7 when i cain it and pulls like a train and after looking about the internet 80% of people say this is right for a standard import

 

If its pulling like a train and your happy with it leave the boost as it is
If your still concerned talk to a mapper who might be able to give you a map tweak or just some good advice

 

How accurate is your gauge though?

If the gauge's resolution is low and it has a 'fat' needle, there may not be much of an indicated difference between 0.7 and 0.9, if you get my drift...

 

Also, because you're accelerating, then presumably - nay, hopefully! - you're actually looking ahead and concentrating? You might not realise that it could be peaking to 0.9bar, etc...

You ideally need access to some kind of data logger to be certain...

 

got it mounted on me dash near the clocks it deffs only goes to 0.7 its a greedy gauge

 

i wouldnt worry about this, my boost gauge that was in my 95 import read similar to yours since i have changed to Prosport gauges it correctly reads 0.8bar

as already said if it pulls well already then leave it be

 

i have found that boost levals are widely different on the same **** cars.my 97 uk boosts to 1 bar standard and my mates 98 uk wagon is 0.8 bar.had mine on alan jefferies rr and made 247.1 with exhaust,headers and induction and was told running lovely.