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Just got a r32 and am new to turbos. Was told that it was running 12psi by a mbc. I did some reading about adjusting this and read that the car won't make any boost in neutral when revved... but it does.

The aftermarket boost gauge sits in vaccum at idle but when I put my foot to the floor the boost will climb to about 10psi and it's not just a quick spike either. Can hear it spooling up. Supposedly just running the stock turbo, pod filter and 3inch exhaust with high flow cat. The mbc is tightened to maximum...

Is this normal?

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If the manual boost controller is set to maximum could this cause it as the wastegate will not open at all or should there still be insufficient flow to spool the turbo up?

Yeh in neutral there is no load, shouldn't be enough flow to spool to 10psi.

OP, I'd get your timing checked mate, or it could be running super rich?

I wouldnt use that for a boost gauge. Just take if off where the stock one took the feed at the back of the plenum. Let the FPR have its own special vac source :)

If the timing is out it could be letting some of the combustion out into the exhaust early, that would let the turbo spool.

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