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Old Jan 20, 2006 | 05:06 PM
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in car boost tap on my rst good idea bad idea????????????
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Old Jan 20, 2006 | 05:07 PM
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Old Jan 20, 2006 | 05:41 PM
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why tho what will adjusting my boost mean ill fuck the car beacuse of the fulleing through the ecu?
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Old Jan 20, 2006 | 05:43 PM
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Run too much boost without checking the fuel and...............

































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Old Jan 20, 2006 | 05:45 PM
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i have a amal valve on mine for high and low boost. is this what you mean as a bad idea??
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Old Jan 20, 2006 | 05:48 PM
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I think he means like a bleed valve on the dashboard.


I have a high/ Low boost switch on my controller, but I never fucking use it
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Old Jan 20, 2006 | 05:49 PM
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no i boost tap i think its like a bleed valve
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Old Jan 20, 2006 | 05:51 PM
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yer a bleed valve but i think u can only run below your max boost up to the max u set by the accurater
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Old Jan 20, 2006 | 05:53 PM
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tell the truth i dont know thats why im askin so bad idea then
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Old Jan 20, 2006 | 05:53 PM
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No, you can mess with it as much as like and end up running 20 million psi. Anyway, it was only my opinion that you asked for
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Old Jan 20, 2006 | 05:53 PM
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on the bleed valves do you wined it in or out for more or less boost???????????in the engine bay that is?
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Old Jan 20, 2006 | 05:58 PM
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yer true fuck that my mate had one abd his made some funny noises when u wound it right out i'll just put it in for show
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Old Jan 20, 2006 | 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Tony Turbo
I think he means like a bleed valve on the dashboard.


I have a high/ Low boost switch on my controller, but I never fucking use it
thats alright then. cheers for clearing that up for me
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Old Jan 20, 2006 | 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by barry0777
on the bleed valves do you wined it in or out for more or less boost???????????in the engine bay that is?
In for less, because you are closing the valve
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Old Jan 20, 2006 | 11:07 PM
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have your bleedvalve set by a tuner in the engine bay then seal the fooker up

quickest way to blow up the car messin with those.
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Old Jan 21, 2006 | 12:30 AM
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i have omex 600 and a wideband and a knock link sensor EGT guage so i can do what the fuck i want

no need for thease those road bills here

but for a car with out the gadgets fitted above dont fucking touch it untill you find a good tuner that has wideband good set of det cans and all the godies to check your car is running smooth
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Old Jan 21, 2006 | 01:00 AM
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im gonna just have a switch for hi and low boost , hi @ 20 psi , low @ 12
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Old Mar 14, 2006 | 05:13 PM
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i valve the opinions of u all and sold the boost tap on e bay to some twat with a turboed supra ha ha ha ha
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