How Much Boost is Safe?

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rico05
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With a good IC and everything else stock? W/ my 3" turbo back, I can get a spike of 9psi, but I was hoping for more along the lines of 12-13psi. Just wondering what is a safe setting once I get my IC and piping on for me to set my boost controller at


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Your set up is good for the 13psi that you want but I doubt your stock ecu will read the a/f ratio at that boost level, you might need to get a piggypack safcII to get a better and save setup to give you the 13psi or reprogram your stock ecu.

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10-12 is more precise! Any more and you're just asking for it.

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Cool. I will run 10 then. Thanks Dee and Rafi. Would there be any benefit in reprogramming the EPROM for this level of tune? I plan to keep it here for a while until I get my T28 and supporting mods.

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Leave it the way it is and enjoy!

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