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Hi guys just a quicky. My car was tuned the other week all set up and running fine on 16psi, with this tune i had a K&N filter inside the engine bay, now the other night i thought i would extend the piping and put the pod outside down near the front spoiler. So i would get better air flow to the turbo, it seems to have work as i have not really lost any power but now it is now showing that i am only running about 12psi is this because i have moved the air filter. If so what should i do just turn the boost back up or should i take it to the guy that tuned the car get him to turn it up and check it i am running wolf3D and have all the bolt on bits thanks any help would be great it just seems a little weird to me to lose 4psi

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Craved Grand Master

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i'd start with re fitting the old filter system.. if the boost returns to where it was it could be your new system is a restriction.

if so setup a cold air feed from the guard instead of sitting your filter out in the open.

Abo Bob Grand Master

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Maybe your boost controller hose has come off slightly or something. Check all your hoses because I had a similar thing in that the power still seemed fine but it wasn't reaching the right boost so I upped the boost and blew the engine. Turns out the boost was right but the boost controller didn't know it.

smurf80 Experienced

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so do you have a boost gauge? or are you seeing this BOOST displayed on the wolf screen?

I know you said wolf is controlling the boost, but where are you seeing the reading?

The post above you says he is reading boost from the wolf 3d hand controller.

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