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Old 23 February 2010 | 07:37 PM
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Question boost gauge working right????

hi guys anyone know wot my boost gauge should be reading ? finally got it working took it for a run and it got up too about 1.2 bar on the gauge , car is 03 wrx and i was told that it had been remapped to 280 bhp ?(by ecutek) but had no evidence of this , so could this be right or could anything be wrong , or am i just worrying over nothing has this is my first scooby and dont want to kill it
Old 23 February 2010 | 07:44 PM
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1.2 is about right for this kind of tune
Old 23 February 2010 | 07:53 PM
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thanks alot can stop worrying now and start enjoying the car
Old 24 February 2010 | 07:46 PM
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any body else thinks this is right . also just wondered wot the boosy gauge should read on idle etc , sorry for going on again just like to know thanks in advance
Old 24 February 2010 | 07:55 PM
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hi bud,having slight issue over my boost/guage at the moment but when mine was t'd in in one line it read -10 psi at idle,which ive been told is spot on.however,i changed t position to dv line and it now reads -17 at idle !!!!!.go figure lol
Old 24 February 2010 | 09:07 PM
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jay, yes if remapped to 280 then a minmum boost target would be 1.1 bar, so 1.2 is fine.

Mine's at 282bhp running 1.3bar, tailing off to 1.1bar. So your 1.2bar is slap bang in the middle, so fine.
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ok thanks thats put my mind to rest ,
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