Safe to Run 15 psi???
03-27-2003, 11:47 AM
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without a doubt. the stock ecu is limited at about 17 psi and i dont think that Subaru would have set it that high if it would hurt your motor. i ran 16.5 psi with only an intake, axle back exhaust and boost controller for a long time with no problems.
03-29-2003, 05:22 PM
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15 is quite safe... but there have been people who's run 15 and experienced detonation. Who knows what these people were doing (like loading bad gas or 87 octane by accident) or what flukes they had in their ECU. 15 is quite safe... but there's always risk. If you want to run 15 PSI, just be gentle about it. Don't put in an MBC or EBC and mash it. Like when I first put on my sway bar I didnt just drive off and start taking corners at insane speeds. I swayed on a straightaway first, and slow corners, then faster and faster. All car parts deserve the same tender lovin' care 
As far as max, my ECU cuts at 17.8PSI. I think it's MRT (?) that says the stock turbo (and internals ?) can handle 19-20PSI. Of course anything about 15.5 or 16.0 does you no good but to give you a heat soaked turbo and a heat inflated charge.
jason
As far as max, my ECU cuts at 17.8PSI. I think it's MRT (?) that says the stock turbo (and internals ?) can handle 19-20PSI. Of course anything about 15.5 or 16.0 does you no good but to give you a heat soaked turbo and a heat inflated charge.
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03-31-2003, 02:25 PM
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kudos to VF22WRX for not being a d1ckhead about the "what's MBC, EBC, and MRT??" question.
i run about 15.5 now and it's fine. i ran about 17 or 18 couple weeks ago, and in fourth i experienced something quite strange. i was going and my car clucked?? really hard. i get really explain what happen. well basically if you guys ever tried pushing past redline, you're fuel cuts off... i guess that's what it felt like, and my check engine light came on. it went off the next day, but i think i experienced soemthing with my fuel cutting off. i could be wrong. but you should be careful running anything higher than 16.
i run about 15.5 now and it's fine. i ran about 17 or 18 couple weeks ago, and in fourth i experienced something quite strange. i was going and my car clucked?? really hard. i get really explain what happen. well basically if you guys ever tried pushing past redline, you're fuel cuts off... i guess that's what it felt like, and my check engine light came on. it went off the next day, but i think i experienced soemthing with my fuel cutting off. i could be wrong. but you should be careful running anything higher than 16.
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