Hi all,
So I have a 13B-T and I've been looking for more power. I've read much on this forum, and tonight I did a test run. I disconnected the wastegate vacuum tube to see what would happen.
The good: I could FINALLY hear my turbo spool, I've never heard it spool before and I noticed a little more power. The green light would always come on, but I never heard the turbo, nor did it make a whole lot of difference in power once the light came on in the first place. I'm making the conclusion that it wasn't a copious amount of power increase because I didn't touch the fuel adjustment (I've read that people claiming massive amounts of power just by increasing boost were running rich before)
For the record, I know running without a wastegate can be dangerous, so I only did it for about 3 minutes, just to see what difference it would make.
So, on my list to get is a pyro set up (friend has one he hasn't used) and a manual boost controller and gauges for both.
Once I have those installed, I can then play with the boost and add more fuel to get the desired EGT's, correct?
I'm doing all this because I'm planning to take this thing to Vancouver (live in Edmonton) in a month or so. I have an auto and 31s and the overdrive kicks in at about 65 km/h and it boggs really bad. I used the "3" option on the tranny so overdrive doesnt kick in in the city. So I'm planning for this trip, any help and advice would be great. I also know that running high boost and lots of fuel up long mountain ranges like the COQ is iffy, but thats what the pyro is for.
Oh, and lastly, I noticed the wastegate diaphram tube that I disconnected was dripping a little bit of oil when I reconnected it, is this 'blowby'? What does that mean? Is it healthy?
Anyways, any experience and words of wisdom would be great. I wanna run about 16 psi max boost, just so i can stay at about 80 km/h on the COQ. Or what do you guys think?
TP
So I have a 13B-T and I've been looking for more power. I've read much on this forum, and tonight I did a test run. I disconnected the wastegate vacuum tube to see what would happen.
The good: I could FINALLY hear my turbo spool, I've never heard it spool before and I noticed a little more power. The green light would always come on, but I never heard the turbo, nor did it make a whole lot of difference in power once the light came on in the first place. I'm making the conclusion that it wasn't a copious amount of power increase because I didn't touch the fuel adjustment (I've read that people claiming massive amounts of power just by increasing boost were running rich before)
For the record, I know running without a wastegate can be dangerous, so I only did it for about 3 minutes, just to see what difference it would make.
So, on my list to get is a pyro set up (friend has one he hasn't used) and a manual boost controller and gauges for both.
Once I have those installed, I can then play with the boost and add more fuel to get the desired EGT's, correct?
I'm doing all this because I'm planning to take this thing to Vancouver (live in Edmonton) in a month or so. I have an auto and 31s and the overdrive kicks in at about 65 km/h and it boggs really bad. I used the "3" option on the tranny so overdrive doesnt kick in in the city. So I'm planning for this trip, any help and advice would be great. I also know that running high boost and lots of fuel up long mountain ranges like the COQ is iffy, but thats what the pyro is for.
Oh, and lastly, I noticed the wastegate diaphram tube that I disconnected was dripping a little bit of oil when I reconnected it, is this 'blowby'? What does that mean? Is it healthy?
Anyways, any experience and words of wisdom would be great. I wanna run about 16 psi max boost, just so i can stay at about 80 km/h on the COQ. Or what do you guys think?
TP