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mav
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14th Jan 06 at 22:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Had a wee play..

Holds boost at 13psi which is slightly down from 1 bar....

Going to try playing about with gears and rev range so get optomised performance out of the beast..

All fun watching needle though...But i need to remember to watch the road too whooops

All lite up and fixed properly onto the window at pillar, will try and get a pic tomorrow...
L33 LEG
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14th Jan 06 at 22:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ur just a big fuckin kid arnt u lol

keep it up
mav
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14th Jan 06 at 22:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
sure am...want more gauges now Oil etc
L33 LEG
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14th Jan 06 at 22:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
remember when i first passed my test, i wanted loads of gauges everywer.

cant wait to gat a turbo'd car sometime cos i still want to
mav
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14th Jan 06 at 22:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote


Will get distracting I like to watch them do their stuff..
Lisa
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my hubby has been through this........the problem is theres so many gages now and sruff to watch you ain't enough eyes to watch the road......lol
L33 LEG
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u got one which changes colours?
Paul H
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i went gauge mad in the mini

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mine boosts to 20 lol then settles at 17
mav
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thats what i was saying need to stop watching it all the time
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i want gauges now
mav
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quote:
Originally posted by chewy
i went gauge mad in the mini






chris 20, that standard then no?

mine held at 1 bar on the rolling road which is what 14.5 psi...
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quote:
Originally posted by mav


thats what i was saying need to stop watching it all the time



he also just gets it running right so fiddles with summat and then it don't run right....lol

thats why i've bought an evo......no need to mess
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Yep good on you no more fiddling

I like to fiddle a wee bit..Going to get other joins and t pieces for vac lines under bonnet as the fit could be better..
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14th Jan 06 at 22:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
try boosting from low revs underload say 3rd gear.
mav
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14th Jan 06 at 22:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
will do..

going to try it all in diff gears etc...
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maybe your actuator is needing adjusted
mav
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14th Jan 06 at 22:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
dunno?

The fit of t piece and 1 join could be better so going to get better fit and better quality ones on my days off next week...If there is a slight leak anywhere will effect it so.........
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erm, if i travel at about 30 in 4th and put my foot to the floor the boost goes to about 22 thn drops to 17 but on the dash gauge it goes just into red which apparently is acceptable
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Saw your old 2.0 down Southend tonight Mav, was filthy
StuartVRS
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quote:
Originally posted by chris_uk
erm, if i travel at about 30 in 4th and put my foot to the floor the boost goes to about 22 thn drops to 17 but on the dash gauge it goes just into red which apparently is acceptable


Similar to my mates old Uno Turbo, with a hybrid it would show 20-22psi under full load and settle at about 18, but the turbo guage on the dash went round to red and didnt stop, went right round without stopping until it got back to the start. Was funny to watch

 
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