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there is a cheaper way to regulate boost. dont open the throttle as far and dont rev the engine harder than you need to.

ive never understood why people have 2 or more boost settings. if one is for rainy weather, just dont accelerate as hard. its quite simple.

Usually dual boost setups (Hi Low) are for daily driven/drag (High) and track use (low).

For race use, temperatures get hotter, engines are more stressed and most of the time it is better for the engine to run when highly stressed on lower boost because you have the safety margin. Therefore a low/high boost setup does make sense.

For everything else, right foot is the perfect control! :thumbsup:

One other reason I am a fan of EBC's is the ability to link the boost to speed or gears. Once you get over a certain speed it kicks the boost higher. This is great for cars which have stupid amounts of horsepower and weigh nothing (kind of like a Datsun 1600). 1st gear is useless unless you are running around 10psi or less. So if you have a 17psi Disco potato pumping out 220 rwkw, you just limit boost in 1st until you can USE the horsepower. (like 3rd gear or something :devil:)

Well my issue was that i had to get a boost controller as my 26 running standard boost and standard computer only have 100ish kws atw. it was only running like 4psi boost. I have since got a power fc and a boost controller to get it running 180ish kws at all 4 on 14psi! make sense!

Verms this is NO attack on you or anyone in particular.

if you (anyone) cant control boost via your right-foot, then its time to do an advanced driving course.

i drove my S15 around with no boost controller on it at all (ie maximum boost from the turbo potentially) for over 2 weeks. didnt blow anything up! im also not that good a driver and i managed it

I cant control boost with my foot, what does that make me? :(

Verms, I think you need new actuators, not a boost controller. The spring is just too weak.

Bought some new pressies this week.

Near new R33 GTR dampner/rebound adjustable front shocks fitted with Gtr springs

Old vs. New

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Fitted to the car, i love the pinkness!!!

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and i got some 33GTR adjustable castor arms for the front end, i went with nolathane type so they aren't too harsh

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And then i got the daughter to help me clean up the Enkei wheels before i refit them today

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I had to refit them, i was sick of the "borrowed" S14 stockies, looks like a big subaru

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I cant control boost with my foot, what does that make me? :(

Verms, I think you need new actuators, not a boost controller. The spring is just too weak.

Any way to test without pulling them off?

You can use a compressor to test the opening pressure but that doesn't take into account the pressure behind the wastegate puck in the manifold. If they crack at 10 psi, they should run around 7 psi on the road. You should have around 3mm of preload on the actuator arm also, add washers if needed under the actuator where the mounting screws are.

fkn lol at the big subaru

finally changed my gearbox oil .

bought some 33gtr wheels for it ,sold the autech's to a mate

bought some gtt brakes for the front .

and bought a series 2 dayz front bar for $100

not a bad score i thought

Scott helped install the Silkroads Coilovers on my car last night.

The OEM suspension was stuffed...well the shockers were. Took it a few minutes to extend back to its original height after being compressed :wacko:

Anyway the we kinda followed the instruction manual's heigh adjustments. The damping rate was adjusted to medium for front and rear.

The last thing I hear from Scott as I drove off was "Woh that's low"...

It was dark so I couldn't see 100% how low the car sat; went for a drive up Mt Dandenong with a friend in his S5...OMG what a difference. The car was like a friggin go kart...we did 5 runs. Sooo much fun...

Yeah it was a tad bumpy but I'm loving at for the time being...might adjust it to soft later on...if I ever get sick of the bumpiness...:rofl2:

I bottomed out a couple of times on Mt Dandy...weird I thought...I can't be THAT low...

Checked it out this morning...now I know why....I probably had 50mm clearance from the ground to the lowest hanging part of the exhaust...hmmm

The extra camber isn't helping either >_<

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Faark, the back is low, could definitely come up a bit, front looks ok.

Agreed, thats what mine looked like when I tried the V35 springs; back looks lower than the front!

I went to turn mine over today, battery was flat :closedeyes: threw the charger on it for half an hour and it came good. Took it for a drive down to the servo to put some air in the tyres - back looked a little flat.. My god it was; the BP machine read 15 psi on it :whistling:

Got to see the sway bars today; feel free to commend your son on successfully entombing mine in packing tape Dale. Took a stanley knife to it, worked a treat - tore off in A4 sized pieces :thumbsup:

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