Ba Xr6 Turbo And Boost

[Poelwyk]

hey guys I have a Pretty much stock 03 BA XR6 turbo with a T5Z box with a HD clutch I would like to know if it would be safe to push the car up from 4 PSI of Boost to 8 as it sits now by putting a FG 8PSI ACTUATOR AND ROD setup on my turbo??

[NVT]

Hey mate,

I think a stock BA T runs between 5-6 psi. Just upgrading the actuator won't increase the boost.

You'll need to have the car tuned - A custom tune on a stock T can push it up to 12 psi and will pretty much be limited there until you start upgrading other parts to handle the raise in boost. The stock actuator will handle 12psi fine.

A custom tune set-up might include an 8psi, a 10psi and a 12psi tune (and/or a valet tune) and tuned to run on different octane fuel - 95/98

A proper custom tune is safe in the hands of the right tuner. Stay away from generic tunes and the ones that come pre-loaded into the flash boxes.

Hope that helps mate,

Dan

[Poelwyk]

thanks mate see im going to chase the 300+ group and seeing as this is my 1st turbo car im still trying to work out things...

I have a Worked AU N/A with is turnd by bluepower with a Xcal 3

so this is all new to me lol will it be worth me buying this 8PSI ACTUATOR AND ROD setup on my turbo or not?

if so ill get it and keep it for when the car is about to go for a tune

wold anyone recomend going to bluepower or Dynomint poformance as im in melb

thanks for the help

Cheers Andrew

Edited 12/09/11 03:17 AM by Poelwyk