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I would also appreciate it if anyone can shed some light on krush's install above (the R32). I'm looking to do mine asap and want to make sure it's right.

Cheers to Mark by the way on the quick delivery - paid on Monday last week and received Thursday last week in Sydney.

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I installed 1 of these on my R32 GTST a few weeks back, works fine- set it to run 11psi. Can't see anything wrong with Krush's install there though?? The only difference in my install was that I had the controller plumbed in a lot closer to the actuator. Shouldn't make a difference though. I did find with mine that it has to be pretty much open to run 11 pounds. Best way to adjust it I found was to start with it fully open then fine tune it gradually. Takes a little while tho.

It is worth looking at though... I received it within about 3 working days. No spiking, holds the boost well and generally spools a lot faster. I'll post up a pic of my install in a few days time.

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there was one for sale on the fore sale forum.

check it out. if its not there, dont whinge to me.

i got one posted today!! so it should be here soon. jsut to help me out guys (i admit im lazy) whats 11psi in bar?

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there was one for sale on the fore sale forum.

check it out. if its not there, dont whinge to me.

i got one posted today!! so it should be here soon. jsut to help me out guys (i admit im lazy) whats 11psi in bar?

yeah I know there was one, no response ;)

11psi = approx 0.8 bar

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Got mine installed. Seems to deliver the boost much smoother than my old turbosmart. Doesn;t feel as powerful though. Maybe my mechanic set it lower than I asked. By boost guage is f*ked apparently so might have to get a new one and see what its at.

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yeah, well the theory was to hide it under the pod. "valve, constable? what valve?"

the tubing size is so small and the pressure relatively high, a few extra cm's of length won't make any diff (according to what i can remember from highschool physics) but might stop it getting noticed. i'm also planning all sorts of craziness under the bonnet so having the extra length there for now is a good thing. :P

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Fitted mine in about 10 minutes too.

however on my car, boost doesn't seem to come in any earlier - previous owner hiflowed the turbo so I suppose it's still too large to have low-end power. :D I mean, I'm still increasing boost by redline in 3rd gear!

But it's good, at least I can control the max boost :D seems to spike a fair bit still though.

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It's usually ok to run up to about 12psi @ the most.. i'd probably keep it at about 10psi depending on how old your turbo is and how likely you think it is going spit out the exhaust wheel..

Also depends on how you drive probably.. but 11psi should be fine

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hey guys

i finally got mine... off ebay... took over a week and apparently the dudes gonna refund me, he even sent it express too.. took ages.

anyways before i got mine, i played with the old one and now sumthing is f**kd up... but the new one feels a lot better than the old one did! hopefully my turbo isnt dead, and i find out whats wrong.. then i can boost it up (and not break it!)

cheers

not so fancy... but works

ultimategtr06 Newbie

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did the installation with hijaked (dave) today

problem is his cars going through a rough time,

any i think we might of installed it wrong, we connected it to intercooler piping and wastegate etc etc , but is this correct ive sifted through the whole 26 pages and getting two answers one is that yes we did it right and the second is that people connect it to compressor housing, other than that alls well should be getting one soon for my mazda 626 turbo

soon just got to get the car first hopefully tuesday well cheers for any help guys

dave by the way we were twisting it wrong it goes in for more boost ; ) cheers

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If anyone wants one for $35 delivered (which is what simark is selling them for) let me know. I'm going to be selling mine, it doesn't do anything for me because my wastegate is either ported or the actuator has been uprated :P I can't get anything less than 17psi in second gear - more in third :(

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