Removed ya bro - sorry to see you go - but I can't really blame you - that turbo is not good.

 

Kane, I had to read your post twice before I saw the word "that". I thought you had converted

 

Nevarrrrghhh!!!!

 

I got the new crap turbo in and the car runs pretty good. Before i had a problem with the car hitting a wall at 5k or so. It seemed as if the turbo would sputter. After gamechild's help with the int x i'm not hitting that wall at about 8500k when i do a second gear pull however boost is more consistent this time around. I also have an issue with stalling but tweaking the water map may fix that.

 

Yeah, try moving your water map closer to what mine is, and it will help the stalling. Keep in mind though, that water map affects all maps, so it will richen ALL settings. You may need to make adjustments if you find yourself going too rich.

 

Kane , how do you have your profec set up in terms of boost and gain?

 

Askin the hard questions... DAMMIT.

OK Gain is 35%, Set Gain is 25% and Start Boost is 6 PSI - that gives me a clean line to 10 PSI all the way to redline.

 

I wish it were that simple with the stock greddy actuator ....

 

got it. Start boost seems to displayed in percentage. Why they decided to do that, i have no idea.

Another thing i have noticed is that when i am at 3/4 trottle my car hold boost consistently but if i punch it any harder the turbo seems to sputter and hit a wall.

 

might be misfires

 

That was what gamechild thought. Before my current tune it was hitting that wall a lot earlier though. After using most of gamechild's setting the car is hitting it at 8500k. Odd

 

^And as far as I know, my settings would have only made him richer, which is what confuses me. Unless you changed ignition settings too, like Dwell?

 

Hmm.... misfire or maybe bad timing.

 

Aright so I parked somewhere, grabbed a burger, came back and the car wouldn't crank at all. Upon further inspection, my radio console is dead, as well as my radar detector connected to my cigarette lighter, and my AFR gauge which is also connected to my lighter via splicing. That light in the keyhole area does not appear to be lit either.

Is the Key Ignition on the same fuse as the lighter and radio? Cuz I think I might've blown a fuse, or fuses. Electrical is not my fortay, so can someone point me at what to check?

The Int-X is showing green, I hear the fuel pump operating, main gauge cluster is lit. Also, I depressed the clutch switch by hand to make sure it wasn't some kinda clutch pedal assembly issue.

 

definately a blown fuse - just check all of them

 

Thanks. Will do when rain stops. Any reason it would just happen out of the blue like that? And since I am hooking gauges and things up to that same line, should I use a higher rated fuse? I still have another 2 gauges coming.

 

I would look carefully at any wireing you have done . Shorts can be hard to find but the OEM wireing is unlikely to be the source unless there is damage or water ingress somewhere
Don't use a higher rated fuse - fix the fault

 

Your start boost is a little high, try moving it lower, it will help spool a little bit, trust me.

Sounds like your ROOM fuse (15A) is blown. It's in the drivers side kick panel.

 

^ thanks a lot, that'll narrow my search. Won't get to it till tomorrow or Saturday, been busy.

The interior cabin lights aren't on the room fuse? Cuz those are working. Just the radio console, lighter, and the key appear to be dead.

 

Yeah, interior lights are off with a blown room fuse.

It may be something else. I know when I blew my room fuse the car wouldn't start, power locks/keyless entry didn't work, gauges/radio/center stack was out, etc. I thought I had royally fu*ked my car, LOL.

You might try the ACC fuse in the driver side kick panel, I believe it's a 20a. Other than that just bust out of the old multimeter and check each fuse. It's also possibly you might have fried your radio with some freak wiring....did you put fuses on your gauges?

 

Hmm, interestingly enough, none of the fuses in the driver footwell were blown. My wiring seems intact too. I'm a little stumped.

 

I made 290WHP at 9 PSI with the Esmeril Turbo Kitted RX8.

The Wastegate kept popping open; we need to adjust some things.

 

not bad, not bad...

stupid ebay wastegate

any graphs?

 

good start - external wg right - why did it do that ?

 

I'm sure the graph gets posted here pretty soon.

I think the spring is too lose - so even with the BC set super stupid stiff the exhaust pressure is popping it open.

With no BC - he got 189 WHP @ 4 PSI.