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Hi folks, by requests I’m opening a topic about my car.
I bought it used in December of 2008 and from that date I start to customize it.
First I remove the dead weight from the engine bay, air filter box, anti-resonator and sound protection hardware.
I install a HKS BOV some gauges and had the car chipped to make the car more fun.
I installed a set of H&R springs, the car stay much more stable and hard!
I had experienced some boost problems, the boost come and goes, and my first thought was a trouble in the engine electronics.
I change the Eaton N75 for an ECS N75 Race. The problem almost vanishes but it continued there. With the N75R I felt a faster response from the car, however it lost power at hi rpm’s. It was clear that valve was not holding boost as the old one.
Reading here in the forum, I learned that the Waste Gate actuator is very soft, so I thought in block the air flow to it. Is when I installed an industrial Festo’s air flow controller. The results were impressive. The boost stay fixed, I could completely block the air to the N75 valve and the turbo still loose boost at hi rpm’s, keeping it safe, proving it is a soft WG actuator.
After that I build a complete exhaust with recycled and used parts!
3” Downpipe to the catalyst, after the catalyst to the end 2,5”.
Again the results were impressive, the feeling is I had the car chipped again. The boost came faster and higher, reaching 1,5 bar and keeping it hi for a longer time then usual.
The next day I install a Moroso breather valve, the engine fumes and oil vapors they are not going to the TIP anymore, now they are going to the exhaust. No more oil to the intercooler.
Today I change the rims, I installed a set of Center Line’s Storm wheels. They are 18x7. I’m using Yokohama Parada 215/35.
I bought it used in December of 2008 and from that date I start to customize it.
First I remove the dead weight from the engine bay, air filter box, anti-resonator and sound protection hardware.
I install a HKS BOV some gauges and had the car chipped to make the car more fun.
I installed a set of H&R springs, the car stay much more stable and hard!
I had experienced some boost problems, the boost come and goes, and my first thought was a trouble in the engine electronics.
I change the Eaton N75 for an ECS N75 Race. The problem almost vanishes but it continued there. With the N75R I felt a faster response from the car, however it lost power at hi rpm’s. It was clear that valve was not holding boost as the old one.
Reading here in the forum, I learned that the Waste Gate actuator is very soft, so I thought in block the air flow to it. Is when I installed an industrial Festo’s air flow controller. The results were impressive. The boost stay fixed, I could completely block the air to the N75 valve and the turbo still loose boost at hi rpm’s, keeping it safe, proving it is a soft WG actuator.
After that I build a complete exhaust with recycled and used parts!
3” Downpipe to the catalyst, after the catalyst to the end 2,5”.
Again the results were impressive, the feeling is I had the car chipped again. The boost came faster and higher, reaching 1,5 bar and keeping it hi for a longer time then usual.
The next day I install a Moroso breather valve, the engine fumes and oil vapors they are not going to the TIP anymore, now they are going to the exhaust. No more oil to the intercooler.
Today I change the rims, I installed a set of Center Line’s Storm wheels. They are 18x7. I’m using Yokohama Parada 215/35.
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