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Hmmm... OK, took my car again on autobahn... and when keeping it floored, at 130mph my boost gets kinda high - 0.6 bar = 8.7psi
It's a D14A4 engine... with c/r 9.1
U think it's too much?
Keep in mind meh using FMU (10:1)!
Wastegate is already set to lowest possible setting (arm is already set for lowest boost).
Should I lower boost (change spring in wastegate)?
Don't really want to blow up this engine...

Kinda funny tho.. since when I installed all this I thought like 5-6psi would be more than enough.. and now I'm nearly at 9.. must be that 'boost happy' thingie kinda wanting me not to lower boost....

(sorry for blurry pic... but it's kinda hard to take a good pic while driving at 130mph!
http://tp1.irb.hr/~nfrances/boost2.jpg

Re:I dont want to blow aswell (doh!)
 

:-\
living on the edge hehehe ;D ;D ;D ;D

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I think the REAL question here is...

when are you going to post vids of boostin on the autobahn!?!?!? ;D

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Wonder if 'living on the edge' is a good or bad thing?! :-\

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.6 bar = 8.82! ;D

(14.7 / 10) = 1.47 * 6 = 8.82

is a bar the same as a kilopascal?

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1 bar = 100 kilopascals

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if your not detonating keep it like it is!! i would upgrade that fmu to a afc and then boost 10psi! your c/r is great for boost.

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stay away from 5th gear pulls. They really heat your ---- up and pistons like to melt

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Not detonating @full boost and have stock settings (guess lower c/r helps aswell as 98 octane gas in Europe - equals to 94 US).

As for 5th gear pulls... yeah.. guess I shouldn't keep it floored for any extended period of time ;)

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I dont drive my car at all recently.
Thats a safe way :P

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That's a gay way ;D

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;D

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;D

I'm running almost 1 bar or maybe 1 bar in 2nd and 3rd gear.
I shift immediately when it hits 1 bar, cause I don't want to blow it up....small as turbine boost kreeps like a mofo.
in first gear it's at 0.5 bar.
well 1 bar feels good though...I don't leave it for long on 1 bar though...I'm getting an external wastegate though...I want to keep it reving to see how much it will boost....And it's on a D15B2 :o I must be making close or the same as Bobo's power.
The CT20 compressor is the same size as the T3's .42 A/R comp I measured it...the turbin is kinda tiny though...begins to boost at 2500 rpm...

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Gay is Good,

BTW Its ------- SNOW all over in Poland
soo why should I Drive my car :-* :-* :-*

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Ayyy... won't coment on 1st one... but on 2nd - drifting is funnnnn :)

PS: I'm from Croatia (also snow here... although it melted mostly by now) ;)

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I didn't realize you ^^^^ were so close to germany. How long does it take you to get to the autobahn? I wish I lived close to a public track like that. :)

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dude at least chip your ecu if you want it to last at that boost level, a fmu is just plain crap as far as fuel management. it shouldnt even count as fuel management, just a way of dumping in so much fuel that you dont run lean.

like whitey said i know a few guys that have blow their engines when boosting in 4th or 5th for long periods, like racing for a long amount of time or trying to see top speed. your gonna burn valves or even melt pistons if you do that alot.

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Well.. on Croatia we have similar thing to 'autobahn'... altho there is speed limit of 130km/h (~80mph), you can drive (much) faster without any worries about cops ;D

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If I could chip my ECU... I wouldn't be using FMU (OBD2).
Anyhow.. I try not to keep it floored at 9psi for extended period of time... and in 1/2/3 gear I nget as much as 8psi after 6krpm (actually only in 3rd and 4th.. as in 1st and 2nd I get upto 7psi). So it's not such a big deal..
... unless I keep it floored in 5th ::)

Oh.. yes.. civic really has aerodynamics of a brick... when u hit ~130mph it's almost like you hit a wall :-\ haven't really tried to to ga faster.. as it reaches that speed fairly quick.. but afterwards it's major slowdon.. and don't like to keep it floored for extended period of time..

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at the dyno my car goes up to 175mph
but on the high way i never went faster than 150mph
Civics aint very fast on autobahn

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wind resistance. try running on a tread mill, then go run outside. you'll see a difference. Even worse try running into wind.

Nick