i want to run more boost
i want to run more boost
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2.5bluenob

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1,620 posts

205 months

Sunday 24th January 2010
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Can anyone please tell me how i can find out if my boost is controlled by the ecu or the actuators? I have a 2.5 with jnm ecu upgrade.

Thanks Steve.

mgbond

6,749 posts

261 months

Sunday 24th January 2010
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2.5bluenob said:
Can anyone please tell me how i can find out if my boost is controlled by the ecu or the actuators? I have a 2.5 with jnm ecu upgrade.

Thanks Steve.
I think you will find its the actuators. You can fit a boost controller to increase the boost. 0.9 or pushing it to 1 bar is enough.

Bondy

daddysumo

2,545 posts

242 months

Sunday 24th January 2010
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The boost is usually controlled from the map in the ECU via the boost solenoid which controls the opening of the actuators.... so a combination of all these really.
If MBE ecu I believe its more straight forward than the mineralli one.

2.5bluenob

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1,620 posts

205 months

Sunday 24th January 2010
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My ecu is the omex. So i guess my next question is how much will it cost to fit a boost control?

Thanks

ThatPhilBrettGuy

11,810 posts

269 months

Sunday 24th January 2010
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What gearbox have you got?

daddysumo

2,545 posts

242 months

Sunday 24th January 2010
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2.5bluenob said:
My ecu is the omex. So i guess my next question is how much will it cost to fit a boost control?

Thanks


I would have thought you would have a solenoid to control the boost already fitted at the same time if an omex ecu had been installed.

2.5bluenob

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1,620 posts

205 months

Sunday 24th January 2010
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ThatPhilBrettGuy said:
What gearbox have you got?
I have the weakest link when it comes to gearbox's

Urbalizer

481 posts

203 months

Sunday 24th January 2010
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I would like to know more about this because the guy who is buying my car asked me today if he could adjust the boost without messing with the ECU, apparently he is already wanting more power and is also thinking about adding NoS.
I told him not to mess as the car is perfectly setup and also warned him the gearbox would not last long if he ups the power, but he didn't seem to care.

I told him over and over that it is a race car not a drag car, i went to alot of trouble to make it drive like a naturally aspirated, but seems he is only interested in straight line speed and drag racing, oh well, his choice.

So can he put some sort of manual boost controller on the car?

2.5bluenob

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1,620 posts

205 months

Sunday 24th January 2010
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Urbalizer said:
I would like to know more about this because the guy who is buying my car asked me today if he could adjust the boost without messing with the ECU, apparently he is already wanting more power and is also thinking about adding NoS.
I told him not to mess as the car is perfectly setup and also warned him the gearbox would not last long if he ups the power, but he didn't seem to care.

I told him over and over that it is a race car not a drag car, i went to alot of trouble to make it drive like a naturally aspirated, but seems he is only interested in straight line speed and drag racing, oh well, his choice.

So can he put some sort of manual boost controller on the car?
Thats a big yes i had a conversation with yellow shed and if your car has boost control witch only the early ones dont i think. Then u can even have a swichable boost so your not always using full boost. Yellow shed suggested talking to jet stream (i think)about it.

Urbalizer

481 posts

203 months

Monday 25th January 2010
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Thanks for that info, i will pass it on.