Boost Controller Question

[MUZT3K]

Noob question but thought I'd double check..I got my greddy profec b spec 2 controller installed and tuned to 12 low and 14 psi high I removed it and am thinking of getting it installed in my Gtr, can it be put straight in with out needing it retuned

[JonnoHR31]

you can use the existing settings as a base to start from but it wont give exactly the same boost, you'll need to tweak it.

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

Adjust the gain to suit, it might spike or be real lazy

[massacre6969]

What were the settings on 12 low, 14 high if u don't mind me asking?

[Mitcho_7]

how much does an electronic boost controller install cost? I dont think im handy enough with a car to try doing it myself and i know i will struggle to try and set it up properly...

[Manuel Kasko]

Mitch I can help you install it in the act when you get one

[Mitcho_7]

  On 30/01/2012 at 9:28 AM, Kasko said:

Mitch I can help you install it in the act when you get one

Thatd be great.

[bubba]

OP, what car did it come out of?

It all depends on actuator pressure as the boost controller is a % increase.. i.e. 50% on an RB25 actuator is not the same as 50% on an RB20 actuator

And as said above, I would reset the gain and setgain and tweak them from scratch to suit the setup in the new car.

[SargeRX8]

Start from scratch. Its a pain in the arse to get right too. You need alot of road, alot of patience and alot of trial and error. Its a % over the current actuator setup and as said above, different tensions on different actuators will mean different things when you open your boost controller to 50%. Ive got mine on 0% low boost(14psi) and I think about 40 or 50% high boost for 20psi. Then you got gain, to make sure your boost is nice and consistent. You've also got your warning crap. Set this shit up wrong and you will be ON AND OFF BOOST, you can feel it and hear it loosing then building boost then hitting the limiter, losing boost and then building it up again.

[bubba]

And then there is SETGAIN

[SargeRX8]

You have set, which is your boost, then you have gain(set gain?) which controls boost falloff. Then you have start boost which is your desired boost -1psi, your warning which is your boost limit, +1psi of target boost(maybe even 2 - 3psi) then you have warning which is how much boost you would like to drop usually about 5 - 10% lower than your set. I had my boost controller, profec b spec 2, setup by CRD and they suggested the warning should be set to 0% all the time. It was perfect on my car. Anything more gave me the symptom I described above(on off)

[bubba]

SETGAIN is the startboost function

[JonnoHR31]

personally i'd use a minimum of -2psi for setgain and +2psi for warning. if it spikes try -3psi setgain

[bubba]

SETGAIN really depends on how hard the setup ramps onto boost.. with the highflow on my 3L I had to have SETGAIN to around -5psi or in the lower gears it would spike significantly.

[Rolls]

Best to do it on a dyno where you can graph boost vs rpm so you can safely play with it without crashing your car into a tree or popping your motor because you weren't paying attention to both at once.

Also means you can get the boost curve nice and flat.

[bubba]

In the interests of road safety, what he said ^^