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Hey guys,

how accurate are the standard R32 boost guages? Even after putting my 3 inch dump/front pipe in addition to the full 3 inch exhaust the boost is still only going halfway to +7. Surely with these mods it would have higher boost? How much gain would be had from boosting it to around 12PSI. I know of the issues with the ceramic wheels :cheers:

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thats where your slightly wrong mate.

Putting on an exhaust on a stock turbo skyline will 100% give you a natural rise in boost to around 9-10psi up from the stock 6-7psi.

This is due to the backpressure being decreased massively and allowing everything to flow. Reponse it better too.

Cheers - ash

im getting 0.9 bar (13.05psi) from a pod and 3" (read with a HKS gauge). i bought the car as it is (Yesterday) so i dont know if ther are any other mods, cant see any from a brief look. is it possible that this boost gain is just from a pod and exhaust???

thats where your slightly wrong mate.

Putting on an exhaust on a stock turbo skyline will 100% give you a natural rise in boost to around 9-10psi up from the stock 6-7psi.

This is due to the backpressure being decreased massively and allowing everything to flow. Reponse it better too.

Cheers - ash

My R32's boost didn't change at all after pod, then turbo back exhaust and now FMIC. It reads 9.5 PSI on aftermarket guage.

Mine is abit weird...

I fitted a auto meter gauge myself and when driving im hitting 13~14 psi of boost...

mind you all i've got is cat back exhaust > airfilter >bov, nothing else...

....hmm hmm.....

Hasnt played up or anything but yeh....thought the r32gtst run 10psi stock and maybe the odd spike to ~12psi...

Thats funny cause the waste gate actuator on an RB20 is already round 10psi

And of cause response will be better with an exhaust.

thats where your slightly wrong mate.

Putting on an exhaust on a stock turbo skyline will 100% give you a natural rise in boost to around 9-10psi up from the stock 6-7psi.

This is due to the backpressure being decreased massively and allowing everything to flow. Reponse it better too.

Cheers - ash

they maybe 10psi, but the dont run that till you exhaust em

and just what planet are you from? The stock dump may be a restrictive POS but it aint gonna restrict it from getting to wastgate actuator opening pressure.

Perhaps if you ask him nicely Sydneykid will explain things for you...:flamed:

How does a larger exhaust explain the turbo running more boost than the actuator is rated at?

I don't think any one 'really' knows what the stock RB20DET actuator is rated at do we.

Its all speculation.

Even if we were to test it how would we determine it unless we were to get out hands on a bran spankin new actuator.

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