Just spoke to Pip and my car is only producing 311bhp at the flywheel
The turbos are the knightsports rf420 twins which i recently bought from Carl at Hayward Rotary from Steve Garbutts car, (which i was told had only done 900 miles) and these won\'t even run at 1 bar of boost?
Everything has been upgraded so there are no real reasons why...anyone any ideas?
I was led to believe 350+ was easily acheivable?
Surely Pip or Carl would know why ?
Were you told what power steves car was pushing out with those turbo\'s fitted?
these turbos are supposed to be good for 1.4 bar. do you know why there saying they wont boost to 1 bar
running 360 fly stock turbos
Quote from: Bulla;545650Surely Pip or Carl would know why ?
Pip was questioning the turbo but Carl and Steve both told me it had not even been run in yet and Steve said it would easily achieve 1.3bar but obviously he was still running it in???
What am i supposed to do now? I have messaged Carl to see what he suggests but obviously if it is the turbos then they are not fit for purpose?
there must be a reason why they wont reach 1 bar boost weather its turbo/ancillary related.
what did pip suggest??
at what boost level did you make 311??
Quote from: karl_tate;545657there must be a reason why they wont reach 1 bar boost weather its turbo/ancillary related.
what did pip suggest??
at what boost level did you make 311??
Just spoken to Carl and he reiterated again that the turbos were in mint condition so really the problem must be external to the turbo...5zigen exhaust is fitted and the cat has been removed, not sure on the downpipe, how much of a difference would that make?
He did not mention the boost level for the 311 but just said he can\'t even get 1bar through!
Quote from: steve77964;545660Just spoken to Carl and he reiterated again that the turbos were in mint condition so really the problem must be external to the turbo...5zigen exhaust is fitted and the cat has been removed, not sure on the downpipe, how much of a difference would that make?
He did not mention the boost level for the 311 but just said he can\'t even get 1bar through!
What fuel system are you running ?
Bulla
Quote from: Bulla;545672What fuel system are you running ?
Bulla
im not sure to be honest i know the injectors have been upgraded but i hardly know any of the parts that have been changed as i have not managed to get over there and Pip is the hardest man to get hold of on the phone!
Just spoken to Maureen his secretary and she says that Pip is gonna look into it this week...
by next weekend my car will have been there 7 weeks :Snoring
Steve afraid Pip is always hard to get to talk to sometimes better trying very late afternoon,long time without the car
You don\'t run turbo\'s in, they just start wearing out from day 1.
Maybe due to all the shipping about the turbo has had maybe it just need re-balanceing.
Could be a solenoid issue ?? Does it still have the rats nest controlling them in sequential ?
How long since the rats nest was checked. Could be as simple as a leaky vac line or dodgy solenoid.
Pip will find it. He isn\'t the easiest man to get hold of. He\'s always busy and understandably he needs to spend the time in the workshop. Always thought the "WGT helpdesk" on a premium number would be a good commercial venture :D
Shaun
Quote from: shaunwil;545693Could be a solenoid issue ?? Does it still have the rats nest controlling them in sequential ?
How long since the rats nest was checked. Could be as simple as a leaky vac line or dodgy solenoid.
Pip will find it. He isn\'t the easiest man to get hold of. He\'s always busy and understandably he needs to spend the time in the workshop. Always thought the "WGT helpdesk" on a premium number would be a good commercial venture :D
Shaun
youd think hed have checked all that out though? he seemed happy with the 311bhp :3Confused
anyway i think he will get onto sorting it now
Quote from: peterwolds;545686Steve afraid Pip is always hard to get to talk to sometimes better trying very late afternoon,long time without the car
Thats not quite on though, if he is working on your car and theres an issue there should be a conversation to explain why in detail.
Sounds like perhaps a boost issue depending on if you are running a boost controller, if its spiking he will keep the boost low to make sure there is no damage ?
Hi Steve,
I think for now it\'s best to stop looking at the horse power and find out,
a, what boost pressure is being achieved.
b, if it\'s even holding this pressure consistently,
c, what has to be done to rectify the boost problem.
If it can\'t make boost and hold it there , it can\'t make power.
Quote from: steve77964;545695youd think hed have checked all that out though? he seemed happy with the 311bhp :3Confused
If he fit the turbos then yes, If hes just tuning it then no.
Shaun
whats controlling the boost?
I will speak to Pip on Monday to see what is going on.
Regards
Carl
Quote from: Carl;545747I will speak to Pip on Monday to see what is going on.
Regards
Carl
cheers mate....and yeah Pip fitted the turbos and everything else!
Quote from: rx jamie;545741whats controlling the boost?
apexi fc
dunno if there is a seperate boost controller?
I think you need to know mod by mod what exactly has been done to your car, what happens if you ever come to sell the car?? aint gonna look too good if you dont actually know whats been done. You need to know exactly what hes done
Quote from: sweetiewells;545758I think you need to know mod by mod what exactly has been done to your car, what happens if you ever come to sell the car?? aint gonna look too good if you dont actually know whats been done. You need to know exactly what hes done
the bill is gonna be itemised for every part and labour charge bud
Quote from: steve77964;545754apexi fc
dunno if there is a seperate boost controller?
If you just have a pfc controlling the boost by the standard solenoids you may well not be able to control the boost over 0.8bar.
lol guys guys guys, we need to find out what boost level it ran to hit 311, once we know that we can tell if the turbos are healthy.
So lets wait till Monday, my money is on solenoid problem not allowing it to build boost and keeping the wastegate open
he might of only mapped to .8 .7 ??
i think its just the fact it hasnt got a boost controller on it and its still running on factory boost control. the boost wont increase to 1.4 bar just off an ecu map.
i havent a clue what sort of max boost the stock actuators can hold either
the most boost the stock solenoid will handle "stable" would be just under 1 bar.
.7 Bar you would defo get more then 311 at the fly with those turbos,decat etc etc
I reckon it probably only hit 0.5 Bar
The Stocks can get a bit iffy after stock pressure but all you need is a pressure regulator reducing the pressure to stock levels on the line feeding the solenoids off the front vac chamber. Mod is quite well documented on rx7club
Its way too early to get worried over it. We haven\'t got the full info and no doubt it will be sorted and scare you silly :D
Shaun
Quote from: shaunwil;545907The Stocks can get a bit iffy after stock pressure but all you need is a pressure regulator reducing the pressure to stock levels on the line feeding the solenoids off the front vac chamber. Mod is quite well documented on rx7club
Its way too early to get worried over it. We haven\'t got the full info and no doubt it will be sorted and scare you silly :D
Shaun
yeah but why was he seemingly happy to give me it back then?
yeyyyyyyyy
360bhp @ 0.9 bar
now we are talking!
I knew you would make good power on these are they are almost new and sooo stong.
The feel of them is much more agresive than the stockers :D
i think you could get 400bhp out of these with supporting mods.
Quote from: steve garbutt;547447i think you could get 400bhp out of these with supporting mods.
yeah all the mods are done but im just thinking about winter driving etc :D
i think 300 bhp at the wheels will be enough for me in this crap weather!
So what was the problem?
The wrong thingy was attached, so it wouldnt make the correct you know what.
ah well restrictive back box and down pipe but mostly down to a dodgy solenoid....
normally they either work or dont work, but this time mine was erratic and sometimes worked and sometimes didnt which made it harder to work out i guess??
So you guys are better than you look with your diagnosis :D
whoohoo I was right with my first post being a solenoid, what do I win? haha
you get a job at WGT lol
Quote from: BlitzBoy;547453whoohoo I was right with my first post being a solenoid, what do I win? haha
A keyring of Curly Watts and 3 balloons :D