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Do a full exhaust first. The car will make more boost pressure by itself as it is taking away a restriction.

Upping the boost on a standard car won't give many gains as there are still large restrictions.

wondering if anyone can help me i have a hks ev00388 boost controller ive recently changed to bigger front mount but 1 vacume hose that use to go to the original intercooler piping dosnt have anywere to go can someone help ive tryed numerous ways but it just keeps boosting untill it hits boost cut and throws me around, i have 1 vac hose going to the turbo 1 going to the plenumand one that dosnt go anywere ?????? any help would be appreciated

wondering if anyone can help me i have a hks ev00388 boost controller ive recently changed to bigger front mount but 1 vacume hose that use to go to the original intercooler piping dosnt have anywere to go can someone help ive tryed numerous ways but it just keeps boosting untill it hits boost cut and throws me around, i have 1 vac hose going to the turbo 1 going to the plenumand one that dosnt go anywere ?????? any help would be appreciated

The vac line that doesn't connect to anything, Is that the line that the other end connects to the boost controller? Because if the controller has no idea what boost the car is running it wont be able to regulate it.

The vac line that doesn't connect to anything, Is that the line that the other end connects to the boost controller? Because if the controller has no idea what boost the car is running it wont be able to regulate it.

yes it goes to the little box that sits in engine bay has 1 line to turbo 1 to plenum and 1 going nowere can u tell me were it goes cos now it has after market intercooler piping were it used to go isnt there anymore

yes it goes to the little box that sits in engine bay has 1 line to turbo 1 to plenum and 1 going nowere can u tell me were it goes cos now it has after market intercooler piping were it used to go isnt there anymore

So you have 3 vac lines coming out of the little black box?

That hose needs to go back into intercooler piping. As stated it controls boost.

you can get an air nipple welded or a screw in type from like repco of sorts.

Im sure this has been discussed many types, search intercooler, nipple.

jacked thread here... soz :P

That hose needs to go back into intercooler piping. As stated it controls boost.

you can get an air nipple welded or a screw in type from like repco of sorts.

Im sure this has been discussed many types, search intercooler, nipple.

jacked thread here... soz :P

But there is already 1 vac line going to the plenum that should be all the controller needs to tell what boost pressure the car is running. Why would you need 2?

just rip all that crap out and connect one side of the boost controller to the wastegate on the turbo and go to autobahn or repco and grab a little brass bard fitting and screw it in the cross over pipe( will have to drill and tap it first) then plug the other sside of the boost controller onto your bard fitting and hey presto your done. go for a drive and set it at around 10- 11 psi on a stock setup. anymore and well we all know what happens. lol

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