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Noticed that my car was only running 8psi of boost after I installed the Apexi Power FC computer. Strange as I ran 14psi before with the stock ECU. I also noticed the exhaust temp guage light on all the time. I just assumed that the sensor was stuffed.

Anyhow, I pulled out the manual started reading and the red light means something is wrong. So with the hand controller unit I do a diagnositcs on the engine and it says that the boost is faulty..... WTF can this be??? :confused: Checked out the paramaters and bingo, the tuner set the computer to run boost from the Apexi Boost control kit which I DON"T HAVE!!! :( Last time I going there.

Anyhow, being a hot day today (summer in Aust at the moment) I decided to see if I was right and took the long way home. DAMN!! I'm running 255 wide tyres on all 4 corners and it's struggling to keep traction around corners. Distance between corners also seem smaller now :confused: :( Now she's running 14psi and the annoying light is off.

Just wanted to say that not all tuners know their sh*t.

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Originally posted by Silver-Arrowz

...and the red light means something is wrong.

LOL! :bahaha:

But seriously...it's a real issue knowing who to trust when you take your car to get work done. Do you ask a million questions and piss them off or just have faith??? :(

But, but... I like red. It's a pretty colour!!!:uh-huh:

Seriously, I figured the sensor was stuffed or cause my cat is gone anyway. When the dealer blew 2 pistons and a turbo, I don't think they checked the cat for the piston bits in there.

Silver,

the Boost control is set to 'on' when you plug the Power FC in, you have to manually change it to off if you don't have the kit.. Maybe your tuner didn't know this.

I have a new Power FC with Boost controller sitting in the drawer at home waiting to go into my new R33 GTR, just waiting on some cam gears.... Can't wait....

Brett

Originally posted by EVL R33

Silver,

the Boost control is set to 'on' when you plug the Power FC in,  you have to manually change it to off if you don't have the kit..  Maybe your tuner didn't know this.

Brett

I got the car tuned at a big tuning place here in Sydney. I'd really would love to name it but for legal reasons I won't. I'm sure they've tuned heaps of GTR's with PowerFC's before. To me, them not knowing is unacceptable because when you go to big tuning shop, you'd expect them to know.

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