Boost spike to 23PSI

[ARTSUPRA]

I was installing my HKS manual boost controller and while testing it and setting the boost accidently boosted to 23PSI for less than a second, boost build up so quickly that I just had enough time to get off gas.

Reason I am posting is that I am a bit paranoid and I guess I just want someone tell me that its nothing major, I am running 94 Octane gas, Platinum plugs @ 4c* day, brand new fuel filter, all the free mods 3" exaust no cats streight trough.

Most of the time I run 14PSI with boost creep to 17PSI

Art

 

[NOAHSR10]

Don't worry, i was pinning the boost gauge (30+psi) a few times before i got my electrionic boost controller

With stock fuel system the car would of hit fuel cut before you could do any real damage.

 

[nine5raptor]

Originally posted by ARTSUPRA
Platinum plugs

You should be fine for hitting that boost for just a sec.

These platinum plugs though suck on turbo cars. Ever notice some missfires under boost, especially around 4k? Platinums were not meant for high cylinder pressures.

 

[DevilSperm]

Originally posted by ARTSUPRA
I was installing my HKS manual boost controller and while testing it and setting the boost accidently boosted to 23PSI for less than a second, boost build up so quickly that I just had enough time to get off gas.

Reason I am posting is that I am a bit paranoid and I guess I just want someone tell me that its nothing major, I am running 94 Octane gas, Platinum plugs @ 4c* day, brand new fuel filter, all the free mods 3" exaust no cats streight trough.

Most of the time I run 14PSI with boost creep to 17PSI

Art

youll be fine...i boosted to 25 once during a race (still not sure why it went that high) and i dug into the motor a week later and still looked new get those platinums out of your car though:thumbdown

 

[ARTSUPRA]

Platinum plugs are NGK, I heard people say that copper once are better, don't remmember the part# some thing like BRB3********

Why is that? aren't platinums DA SHIT?:laugh:

 

[TurBoGs-T]

Originally posted by ARTSUPRA
Platinum plugs are NGK, I heard people say that copper once are better, don't remmember the part# some thing like BRB3********

Why is that? aren't platinums DA SHIT?:laugh:

Get some BPR7ES or BPR6ES. That's the recommended plugs.

 

[coltboostin]

Platnum, weither it be NGK or otherwise, is junk in our cars. People run the BPR7ES, but I would recomend the BR7ES (non-protruding electrode). I have known quite a few people to loose their knock when swiching to the non protruding plug.

23 psi is no big deal. On a 14b, it wasnt doing anything anyways!

 

[ARTSUPRA]

Originally posted by coltboostin
23 psi is no big deal. On a 14b, it wasnt doing anything anyways! [/B]

:laugh:

Thankx guys

 

[crankbender]

Absolutely correct about the plugs. Platinum plugs have a tendency to hold heat very well. They can lead to detonation and melted pistons.

 

[midnght]

Originally posted by coltboostin
Platnum, weither it be NGK or otherwise, is junk in our cars. People run the BPR7ES, but I would recomend the BR7ES (non-protruding electrode). I have known quite a few people to loose their knock when swiching to the non protruding plug.!

I am running these exact plugs. It was all by dealer accident, but turned out to be the best thing for me. I was buying BPR7ES's but got the BR7ES instead.

 

[nine5raptor]

I've found not many stores carry the BPR7s, but they usually have the BR7s in stock.

 

[coltboostin]

IT is not one of those things you will say hey, my car is 10 times faster now! You will see the differecne if you have a logging capability, of if you go to a dyno tunning sesion and your car refuses to stop knocking:thumbdown

Take my word for it, BR7ES