Well more miles have been mucnched but Beatrice and her oe pistons are still coping with 27psi........ How much longer they will is anybody's guess.
Back at the start of the year I bought a boost circuit testing kit. When used I found my pikey boost run wouldn't hold any pressure at all. After taking hoses off cleaning the join and re tightening it was all sorted boost circuit now holds 30psi and with it all connected up my engine holds 20psi. No leaks from the injectors or efi fannymold. over the last few months I've been able to hear a boost leak so out come the tester again to find yet again it wouldn't hold any pressure. after lots of fiddling I've found my cheap eBay external wastegate was leaking from the bottom port past the valve stem and out the screamer pipe. After a google search I found out most externals leak this way but should stay pressurised for a few seconds. oh well it had a good innings over four years time for a branded item turbosmart ultra 38 is in the post as I write this.
Picture of the kit.
Lovely to read the efr turbocharger performs so well on only a 1.4, it really seems they are in a league of there own
I'll try and get a video of how it boosts up at some point. In one of my pictures you can see it's @1.7/8 bar before 4.5k and that was just stamping on the peddle in forth not along pull.
Oh and I've not got the foggiest how or why it's boosting up so early as the vw 20v don't seem to spool them much earlier.
Boost is a function of flow so saying the vw engine doesn't spool it much earlier doesn't say it doesn't make power there, none the less it's great to read it performs so well on your engine!
Hoping this will boost my chance to sell the 7064
Good read mate. Has given me some ideas for turning mine back from a track car to a fast road set up.
Im gonna start with the build in next two weeks....gotta render the front of me house ......
Ive got everything i need except ecu...im gonna order an adaptronic from chris at efi parts then im away....i was gonna get car resprayed but ive changed my mind as its a cat d from an incident years ago....just not worth it so im gonna leave car in grey primer and spend paint money on go faster bits.....