Monday!!! WOOOHOOOOOOSSS!!!
Originally Posted by Egan
Was that in the SRIC or somewhere else? I don;t remember it off the top of my head.
Originally Posted by jonsWRX
do you have to have a certain post count to have a sig or avatar....it wont let me create an avatar and i cant find a thing for a sig
oh and egan i have a question for you.....one of my friends that i know owns a 1.8t jetta and he increased his boost by scewing in the rod that goes from the turbo to the wastegate....hes been driving for a while and boosted up his car pretty good with no damage to the engine yet....is it safe enough to try on a wrx or should i just forget about it.? sounds like a good idea but i want to hear an input on this before i go and break something.....
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Originally Posted by drifter04
oh and egan i have a question for you.....one of my friends that i know owns a 1.8t jetta and he increased his boost by scewing in the rod that goes from the turbo to the wastegate....hes been driving for a while and boosted up his car pretty good with no damage to the engine yet....is it safe enough to try on a wrx or should i just forget about it.? sounds like a good idea but i want to hear an input on this before i go and break something.....
Originally Posted by T-Will
Try it and see what happens, just let me know beforehand so I can have a camera ready.
Last edited by drifter04; May 23, 2005 at 09:48 AM.
Originally Posted by drifter04
oh and egan i have a question for you.....one of my friends that i know owns a 1.8t jetta and he increased his boost by scewing in the rod that goes from the turbo to the wastegate....hes been driving for a while and boosted up his car pretty good with no damage to the engine yet....is it safe enough to try on a wrx or should i just forget about it.? sounds like a good idea but i want to hear an input on this before i go and break something.....
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Originally Posted by drifter04
is it good quality....because if i blow i want to blow in style not like poor quality owned pics
only time people have adjusted the wastegate rod is when trying to get rid of some of that wastegate flutter when going catless. but if you have EM, who ever is doing your tuning should be able to get rid of it.
Originally Posted by topnotchwrx
drifter, dont listen to t-will. he tries to sabotage everybody. ill answer that for you by saying dont touch anything cuz it wont help but hurt. the best way is EM. dont you have a utec?
only time people have adjusted the wastegate rod is when trying to get rid of some of that wastegate flutter when going catless. but if you have EM, who ever is doing your tuning should be able to get rid of it.
only time people have adjusted the wastegate rod is when trying to get rid of some of that wastegate flutter when going catless. but if you have EM, who ever is doing your tuning should be able to get rid of it.
Last edited by drifter04; May 23, 2005 at 09:56 AM.
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Originally Posted by drifter04
i do have a utec.....but it hasnt been installed yet.....i dont have the cash to pay for messing around with it. I just wanted some boost for the time being...im glad i asked....did anyone had their Turbo XS UTEC programmed at SS.....if so how long did it take....?
Originally Posted by topnotchwrx
my tuning was about an hour and a half. so expect around an hour.