R32 Actuator

[mid life crisis]

hi all

i have just got hold of a r32 actuator to put onto my r33 the car is auto . my problem is instead of getting the 10 pound i was hoping to get it boosted straight to 15 pound . not a good thing on the stock turbo and the ecu didnt like it much either . any ideas why it did this? i then put the stock actuator back on and the boost went straight back to 7 pound and ran fine . im thinking im better of swapping or selling the r32 actuator for a bleed valve and sticking with the r33 one to get my 10 pound im not interested in running any more boost than this . i was hoping to achive this with the r32 one

cheers mid life crisis

[paulr33]

the r33 auto actuator is actually less then 7, its 5psi the manual one is 7psi

i would run the r32 actuator get either stand alone ecu, get a fuel cut defender, safc, piggyback to remapped ecu

basically its pushing more air through which is activating the factory protection as theres too much airflow

also make sure you have the usual exhaust mods

[mid life crisis]

the r33 auto actuator is actually less then 7, its 5psi the manual one is 7psi

i would run the r32 actuator get either stand alone ecu, get a fuel cut defender, safc, piggyback to remapped ecu

basically its pushing more air through which is activating the factory protection as theres too much airflow

also make sure you have the usual exhaust mods

the car has a fmic / full exaust system 3 inch to cat and 3 1/2 inch from the cat back as its running the stock turbo i did not want to go over 10 pound at the moment it is def on 7 pound . i was under the impression the r32 actuator would give me 10 pound . however for some reason it goes straight to 15 so i put the original one back on and boost has gone back to 7 . i thought if i could get it to run 10 then i could have got away with not running the above equipment you have listed exept maybe the safc .but regardless 15 pound even with all the other stuff you have mentioned the standed turbo would not live long anyway .

so my question is now with the r33 actuator and a bleed valve would i be able to set the boost at 10 pound ? if so i will sell the or swap the r32 actuator to get a decent bleed valve i really donr want or need more than 10 pound the car is pretty quick as it is and runs clean i was just after a little more but if its going to cost a arm and a leg i will just leave the car as it is . cheers midlife crisis

ps what i dont understand is why the r32 one is hitting 15 pound and not 10 like there ment too? anyone after a r32 actuator that hits 15 pound well on my car anyways lol

Edited April 21, 2007 by mid life crisis

[mid life crisis]

any one know why my r32 actuator is boosting to 15 pound on my r33?

[predator]

There is something wrong with your 10psi one, or somebody has bent or stuffed around with it before you got it.

Mine has a 10psi actuator, and it does 10psi fine.

Did you bypass your boost solenoid totally?

[mid life crisis]

yep solenoid was disconnected completly .hose straight from intercooler piping to actuator

[MANWHORE]

In that case, then your actuator is stuffed.

If you're using the actuator with the solenoid, then since the actuators run 10-12psi, then + the 2-3 psi of the solenoid, it can be 15.

But if it's just the actuator, then yours is broken.