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Slo_crx1 02-15-2010 10:26 AM

I give you credit kid, you got balls. I hate to see how long your car's going to last seeing your 17 and don't really have the money to fix it if it pops, but I won't be negative. Instead, I'll offer insight and advice.

Ok, first thing...the car is a V6 and technically you should have all the runners into the turbo to balance out the back pressure difference. The best setup would be something where the front 3 exhaust ports and the back 3 ports run into a large twin scroll housing where they can then merge into 1 as the exhaust downpipe. That's a little tricky though with the room available, but do-able.

Second is the type of tuning/ecu control (since this is my forte'). With a MAF equipped car you really need to recirculate the air from your bov back into the intake but after the MAF sensor. The air is already metered and accounted for, and usually has a lot to do with your stalling issues you were mentioning before.

Third is the tuning...and the most important part. I see you mentioned the Tactrix style Openport 1.3 cable...good job! Adding fuel is important, but just randomly adding fuel is not usually the best idea. Your injectors are a little on the small side and I would highly recommend going with a slightly larger set in the near future, somewhere in the 300cc range would be ok for low boost. Getting the latency set right will be a tad harder, but experimenting will gain experience and you will eventually get it down pat. Logging is a highly important key to tuning. Log your knock feedback (I believe your car does have a knock sensor like most newer Mitsu's) and compare it to your timing...wherever it shows counts of knock start removing timing, especially where your torque (power) curve is the highest. Also, I know they're expensive, but get a really good wideband o2 setup and one that can be logged as well to correspond with all the other logging parameters. I know about the DIY wideband from on here, but I don't know how compatible it is with the Mitsu logging programs, that one's up to you.

I'm a pretty big Mitsu head (mostly all 1/2G Eclipses/Evo's and '02-'06 Subaru's these days) so if you have any questions let me know and I'll try to help out the best I can.
Good luck!

emery 02-15-2010 12:52 PM

its the tactrix 2.0 :) and idk what you mean by balancing the back pressure, all 6 cylinders exhaust is diverted into the turbo, at first it was going to be the front 3 until i realized that was the dumbest idea ever. as for fuel, yes i just added a bunch at first but now have a narrow band 02 gauge to track whats going on.

the bov is now recirculated, but its about 3 feet away from the base of the turbo where is going, and im still having some stalling problems and cant seem to figure it out... last time i ran the car without the MAF plugged in it didnt stall, but i dont prefer getting 15 mpg....

thats really my only problem right now.

turbof22a 02-15-2010 11:28 PM

i know i hated on you earlier for you comment of only wanting boost for the sound, but i give you pops now. its an ugly setup but alot better than alot of people have done. keep up the learning and asking reasonable questions

Atreidies 02-15-2010 11:42 PM


Originally Posted by turbof22a (Post 1298824)
i know i hated on you earlier for you comment of only wanting boost for the sound, but i give you pops now. its an ugly setup but alot better than alot of people have done. keep up the learning and asking reasonable questions

Ho-ly ----!! He's got a soft side after all.

emery 02-15-2010 11:47 PM

haha, thanks. my favorite part is that a year ago i wanted to know the difference between a CAI and a SRI..... xD yeah and the worst part is that the sound is gone!! because its recirc.... fml....

i dont understand how some people can call ppl who have BOV's ricers..... -.-

turbof22a 02-16-2010 12:11 AM

well i love the sound of a bov but the feel of boost is way better and you can feel the boost better if you do it right even if that means recirc. the bov

Atreidies 02-16-2010 08:40 AM


Originally Posted by emery (Post 1298827)
i dont understand how some people can call ppl who have BOV's ricers..... -.-

BOV's have a function. So do spoilers. But when someone adds them just for the sound or the look, that is rice. Here is good example of rice Lots of stickers and a fake SC scoop. Good times.

emery 02-16-2010 02:56 PM

haha i never thought of that, and yeah ive seen that 350z video, so funny.

omgbossis21 02-16-2010 08:00 PM

You should still hear it when it recirculates its just not as loud. I run the emanage and it has an anti-stall feature for maf based turbo cars that vent to the atmosphere so i had no problems with the maf on the intake side. I now however run the maf on the boosted side and its ran better than ever for me. Others have tried though without as much luck. Watch the street racing, its not worth your liscense and car.

emery 02-16-2010 08:12 PM

i dont have 300 or i would.. and i have no room to put the MAF in front of the bov, and i still cant hear my bov ever since its been recirc.. at all....


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