accordepicenter

I agree, there is nothing worse than showing up to a tuner still trying to chase down little stupid bugs that you should have done before worrying about getting tuned, wire your wastegate open and drive around a bit, but dont boost (ive gotten into boost with my wastegate fully open before)

mnlude

what do you mean by wiring my wastegate open? Do you mean taking it off? Or do i have to run some sort of vacuum lines to it?

jeffescortlx

Do what ever you have to do to keep the waste gate from closing. If you have a internal then remove the clip that holds the waste gate actuator arm to the flapper lever.

mnlude

Well, heres my setup:

Turbonetics T3/T4 turbo
Tial WG
HKS SSQV BOV
Drag III Spearco Intercooler & Piping
Custom Manifold & Downpipe
DSM 450cc (not installed yet)
Walbro 255 (Not installed yet)

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So in my case, because i'm using an external gate, do i have to take the wg out? Or can i just open it up and remove the spring? which would be better?

mnlude

Mike from LSD Motorsport (that's where i got most of my stuff from) said that i should chip my ECU with a basemap before i take it for a spin. Can anyone give a price range for that? i've done some research but most maps i found are for civics and integras...no preludes. any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciate it. thanks.

psycho_vince

Your drivers side tire is on backwards, its directional and you have it going the wrong way. Just FYI. Other than that, looks good. Thats an interesting manifold youve got there.

ifly87

you can chip your ecu yourself for like 30 bux, and get a chipburner from ebay for like another 50 maybe less, that would get you rolling, but dont drive it hard on a basemap unti you get it tuned with a wb

mnlude

You got good eyes there...yeah they are on backwards. the dude that i bought it from had them mount wrong. 3 of them were right except the front left. I'll get it remounted though.

Well, i just took it for a spin and it seems to hold up okay. No bogging whatsoever...no oil dripping...Man did i drive slow. I hope to get it tune soon or atleast a basemap so that i can drive it a little faster and get the the shop.

samson

You're catching on quick. Removing the WG will let it vent and so would removing the spring, but the exhaust might push TOO hard damaging the internals of the WG. Just take it off and let exhaust flow everywhere.


JP