review my turbo set up
 

1990 civic si
d16a6, 135k stock

Garett t3 .42 .48
S14 SMIC
STD manifold with custom adapter plate
Volvo BOV
2.5 charge pipes
2.5 turbo back to Apexi N1 Muffler
Manual Boost Controller
Greddy Blue Box

for now i plan on running 3-4lbs of boost until i can get some DSM 450s and get my car tuned with turboedit.

also i picked up a FMIC that needs to be modified a little to fit, plan on using that when i up the boost.

comments?

Re: review my turbo set up
 

Why don't you get the 450s and the turboedit now? Its a lot safer and you'll be able to boost more safely. Its a win-win- roughly like 50 bucks for DSM 450s and another 50 to xenocron to get an OBD0 chip kit and a custom basemap for your setup- For a 100 bucks, I think you can wait a lil longer to have your fun.

Re: review my turbo set up
 

how well do the custom basemaps usually work? i know it can always be street/dyno tuned to be at peak performance but on a 1-10 scale of how well the custom maps usually work what would you give it? ::)

Re: review my turbo set up
 

well I got a chip kit for my brother-inlaws boosted z6 setup, it was like night and day compaired to running a vafc. and the tunning for being a generic tune was very very good. no dead spots and room for some advance in the timing even. we ran a consistant 10psi with spikes to 14psi. thing held great. untill 225k and major abuse caught up with the rod bearings lol. so on a scale of 1-10 I would rate xenon's tuned base map at a 8 or 9

Re: review my turbo set up
 

3-4 lbs isn't even worth the work to do the turbo kit.