2 newbie q's

[vtechaha]

first off i have a aftermarket boost gauge so im not worried about number one. mods are k&n, no cat 2.5ex 16g of some sort #1 my fact boost gauge starts at 14 then when i get into boost it automatically goes to 0 . #2 when i boost 1st and second gear the boost shoots to 9.5lbs then 3rd and 4th gear itl creep up to 14 is there a reason why it wont shoot up to 14 in 1st 2nd? maybe a mbc would fix this? probally a silly q. thanks!

 

[Pure92TSi]

Well as for your second question it sounds like boost creep to me but as for why it's only happening in third and four is beyond me. Maybe it's because you only have a 2.5 inch exhaust and ## in 1st and 2nd for a much shorter time than 3rd and 4th but i could be very wrong on that.

 

[nickrule99]

So your saying in first and second gears, your boost reads as 0, but then you get boost in 3rd and 4th?

It does sound like boost creep, but why are you running a 16g without any type of boost control?

 

[wret]

first off i have a aftermarket boost gauge so im not worried about number one. mods are k&n, no cat 2.5ex 16g of some sort #1 my fact boost gauge starts at 14 then when i get into boost it automatically goes to 0 . #2 when i boost 1st and second gear the boost shoots to 9.5lbs then 3rd and 4th gear itl creep up to 14 is there a reason why it wont shoot up to 14 in 1st 2nd? maybe a mbc would fix this? probally a silly q. thanks!

#1. Use some punctuation and capitalization. Scholars figured out hundreds of years ago that this makes reading text easier and more comprehensible.

#2. Don't abbreviate so much. It leads to further confusion and misinterpretation. and it makes things more difficult for users searching for information in the future.

Are we to understand that you have a K&N air filter, 2.5 inch exhaust without catalytic converter and 16g Turbo? And under hard acceleration the boost, observed with your factory gage, jumps to 14 and then settles back to zero? And in 3rd and 4th gears, the boost starts at 9.5 and creeps up to 14?

 

[vtechaha]

Sorry about that. I just reread it and yeah looks like it was typed by a 12 year old. No i have a factory gauge and an aftermarket one, and the factory one starts at 14 then when i get into boost it goes to 0-. #2 1st and 2nd gear boost shoots up to 9.5 but 3rd and fourth itll slowly go up to 14lbs. and i thought that was a little weird till i researched it a lil more.. Maybe boost creep and the 16g with factory boost controller. yeah like ive said before im a great mechanic but im a noob when it comes to forced induction. thanks

 

[vtechaha]

well i fixed my problem, i got my mbc adjusted it to 16lbs- that took like 7-8 pull overs. now it runs like a striped ape! lt1 z28 DONE! sorry for thew dumb quetions. i shoulda jus waited and solved it myself. well except for the opposite boost gauge but im not that worried about it.