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Old Sep 27, 2008 | 07:22 PM
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Unhappy escort rs turbo running problem...help

got an escort rs turbo running mfi system. its got chipped ecus. k&n. full stainless. front mount intercooler. kent cam kit. stage3 t3 turbo.

its boosting around 10 / 11psi and pulls like a train but when its getting up to the high revs it shudders, pops, bangs and give puffs of black reek out the exhaust. any ideas? ? ? ?
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Old Sep 28, 2008 | 07:12 PM
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its getting up to the high revs it shudders, pops, bangs and give puffs of black reek out the exhaust. any ideas? ? ? ?
when mine did that it was overboosting, sounds like it just needs a good set up.
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Old Sep 28, 2008 | 07:16 PM
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as above mate
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Old Sep 28, 2008 | 07:40 PM
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what chip? correct me if im wrong ne 1 but i thought a standard ecu will only let u boost to 12psi anything over and it cuts out like this??
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Old Sep 28, 2008 | 07:45 PM
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what chip? correct me if im wrong ne 1 but i thought a standard ecu will only let u boost to 12psi anything over and it cuts out like this??
aint it past your bedtime scab
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Old Sep 28, 2008 | 08:57 PM
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double check ecu is chipped, back boost off to 9psi and see if it still does it, sounds like its overboosting.
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Old Sep 28, 2008 | 10:56 PM
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Originally Posted by moatsidechris
double check ecu is chipped, back boost off to 9psi and see if it still does it, sounds like its overboosting.
i bought the ecu's off some one on here but il be buggered if i can remember who it was. they pm'd me saying the had ecu's that are chipped and able to run upto 19psi.. have i been violated by a fellow passion forder??
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my old rst used to cut to idle in 3rd and 4th gear around 3k rpm would not pick up again unless foot of acelerator and back on, a big backfire and she was away again never sorted it tho? was boosting around 10 - 11 psi on guage.
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