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Old 09-10-2018, 09:58 PM
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Default Rs Turbo not holding boost

Hi all
car is a 1990 and has a stage 1 chip, when it’s boosting to approx 3500rpm it’s on 10psi them drops to 5-6 psi after 3500rpm through to redline

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Probably a weak actuator, used to use a -31 actuator on chipped RSTs back in the day.

https://www.turbodynamics.co.uk/shop...6ff5aaec8aad2a

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Garrett-T...-/192131029043

https://passionford.com/forum/ford-e...d-setting.html

set up info

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