river
15+ Year Contributor
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- Jun 9, 2004
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Anchorage,
Alaska
today i installed my MBC and took my car out to tune the MBC and at the lowest setting on my MBC i hit 16 psi and then it dropped off to 10. first, i thought that a MBC would cure my spike issues. second, i then turned the MBC all the way up so that i would run high boost and then hit 28 psi! i am under the assumption that my turbo was the stock T-25, however could a T-25 hit that kind of psi numbers? third, while i had my stock intake pipe off i did the "dump tube mod" where you cut out the dump tube from the BOV to increase air flow. After i took the car out to drive it again i noticed incredible noise between 10 psi-18psi. it sounds like airflow, but its not a nice controlled suction sound, it sounds loud and kind of uncontrolled. Now i have my MBC set to about 18 psi simply because i dont think i have the tunability that i would with a real aftermarket boost controller. It seems pretty hard to adjust the boost properly with my home made controler. im going to mess with the spring and see if i cant make it better. when i had the boost turned up higher 20 psi+ the car seemed incredibly fast, i would spin all my tires through about mid-2nd gear or so. i know these are two separate issues but here is my main questions : would the dump tube hack create a much louder airflow sound, and if i was on the stock T-25 would it have hit 28 psi (also if it could have would it be the factor in my loud airflow, could i have ruined my turbo?) now also after today running high boost and all, i noticed heavy white/grey smoke after acceleration. when i let off the gas i would get HUGE clouds of white/grey smoke. no white/grey smoke at idle or through any acceleration unless i hit more than 5 psi of boost. is it possible that i blew my turbo today, or would it be worse? sorry for rambling, but im kinda worried now.