Chris.W

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Hi, I posted a thread a few days ago and said I was going to look at one of these. Well I have been and the car is awesome... however, I have just a couple of questions.

1) The car has a Defi boost gauge, a turbo timer and a black Defi box which has a "Play" symbol and a few others on it. Something has been set so that the car cant boost over 1.3 bar(it would appear that an alarm sounds or a light appears or something). I can see no signs of any ECU alterations, and it appears that the car just has a stainless exhaust and a hard pipe kit for the induction system. Is it safe for this car to run a max boost of 1.3 bar?

Thanks for reading!

Chris.

myblackwrx

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I run my V4 Type R at 1.3bar but it tales off to just over 1.1bar this is via a Simtek ECU,once my camera is charge i'll take a piccy of the graph I have from the previous owner.

type-ellis

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my type r also boost to 1.3 and then backs off to 1.1

Chris.W

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And have you had anything done to it Ellis, or is this standard?

type-ellis

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All i have mods wise is a full ss 3" system with open neck downpipe and a hks panel filter, also ive done some work on my sandard top mount intercooler to help things flow a bit better. Ive had a look at my ecu and it looks standard to me, had a look inside but im not quite sure what im looking at in there so im guessing thats prety standard. Runs well tho with no problems atall.

Chris.W

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awesome dude, youve put my mind at ease

type-ellis

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No problem mate

Chris.W

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Im thinking Im gonna buy the beast now... how long have you had yours? What do you usually rev it to etc?

type-ellis

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Ive had mine around 8 mths now and love it too bits, ive had lots of cars, i get board fast but can honestly say this car puts a smile on my face every time i drive it and it still feels very fast, normaly i get used to a car and then it starts too feel slow but ive never had that with this one. I dont drive it all that hard too be honest as i dont want to risk it going bang, im just keeping it running sweet for 12mths then im planning a forged rebuild as even tho it feels fast still, i would love to get it up over the 400bhp mark. I dont feel i have to rev it much and it pulls so well low down the rev range, normal day to day driveing it prob doesnt get reved over 3.5k, if im haveing a play then i change before it gets in the red ( but thats not often, The misses shouts at me haha so i have to be on my own ) Ive also still got my restrictor on it so thats stops me driveing it too fast.
Here is mine.

Chris.W

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Awesome that mate. I will be leaving the restrictor in mine like!

type-ellis

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Its worth it i think, too be on the safe side, stops alot of temptation. I will remove mine at some point but just to get my clocks reading in mph more than anything.

Jolly Green Monster

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Also worth noting that defi gauges as nice as they are often over read
Simon

Chris.W

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Simon, what do you mean mate, over read? Do you mean they read too high? Thanks.

Jolly Green Monster

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often defi gauges at around actual boost of 1.4bar the gauge will show 1.5bar..

so it may not actually be running as high as you think.

Simon

Chris.W

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Oh right, cheers mate. How muchwould it cost me to bring it to you and get it set up, and the boost checked etc?

Jolly Green Monster

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the problem with the 97/98 is that currently there is no easy option with regards to mapping them without an aftermarket ecu..

more than welcome to bring it to a dyno when I am there and we can do a health check under the bonnet, do a power run whilst detcans used to check it and fuelling monitored and then checked on the road after.

Simon