boost on 1.7td low blow engine...

[staggy_gsi]

its a late engine, in a mk4 astra van with the electronic bosch pump on. how far can i go with the boost, and what do they actually run as standard?
tbh ive never played with a turbo before, which way do i adjust it? lol

[General Baxter]

DONT, I WILL BLOW UP

[staggy_gsi]

DONT, I WILL BLOW UP

why will you blow up if i turn my boost up?!?!

thats a **** then, its soooo bloody slow! im fitting a tuning box to it so il have to cope with that

[General Baxter]

low blows dont tune lol

[staggy_gsi]

well thats ghey. my boss is a diesel specialist and he reckons fitting one of his tuning boxes will easily see an extra 20bhp. might have to sell up and get a dti or something once ive finished the head gasket, its painfully slow.

[General Baxter]

they are, the only produce 4psi i think, about 60bhp lol

[staggy_gsi]

surely it could cope with 10psi couldnt it?? i fart out more pressure than that ffs!!

[General Baxter]

and how would you do the fuel ?

[staggy_gsi]

tuning box. its the late one with the ecu on top of the pump, not the old type

[General Baxter]

try it, but im 90% sure you cant tune them lol

[staggy_gsi]

well he reckons hes looked in his 'DPT book' and it should see an extra 20-ish brake. i shall have to inquire because if i cant do anything with it its gonna have to go and il get one with more poke lol its agonising.

[mowgli]

try this.. get your boss to do the tuning box on a sale or return basis.. then once you've fixed the head & before you've tuned it, measure its acceleration/speed at a known landmark (cheaper than a RR unless your boss has one of them too) then stick the box on & try the acceleration/speed test again.. you will soon find out if it is any good....

[Andy]

Staxton Hill will test for sure Stagg lol
You should have bought a Cav TD mate lol,im waiting for my bleed valve and boost gauge to turn up then i will be running daft psi in mine lol