turbod civic 4th gen

b164gturbosi

01-10-2005, 08:04 PM

help me
i have a 1991 civic hatch with a b16. along with a full turbo setup, no fmu, stock ecu , fuel pressure reg. full msd. My only problem is my car doesnt boost. Its a saab garrett turbo with internal wastegate. I have a vac/boost gauge and it wont go past 1 lb. evven at 7500rpm. i can feel the boost and it dows only feel like 1 lb. any suggestions would help me eat some mustang

Ps, do i need vacuum to the nipples on the turbo and internal wastegate
right now there connected just together

civickiller

01-10-2005, 08:18 PM

u got a leak somewhere ?

Ace$nyper

01-10-2005, 08:25 PM

u got a leak somewhere ?
beat me to it

b164gturbosi

01-10-2005, 08:39 PM

i might , i have one intercooler boot thats bubbled out like a mofo, one other thing, i have a stock internal waste gate, the flapper, now i have the nipple from the turbo conected to the wastegate nipple, do i need vacuum teed in to those or should that be fine? thanks

97CivicX

01-10-2005, 09:58 PM

having the wg attached to the turbo is fine. and you definately have a leak

b164gturbosi

01-10-2005, 11:45 PM

i did find that a boot wasnt on correctly, now it does boost better maybe 2 or 3 pounds, but my boost gauge still reads only one, it read 0ne pound when i wasnt boosting cuz of the leak, does anyone have a blitz b.o.v.? i need to know which way to adjust to too make it carack louder

casperGSR

01-13-2005, 09:29 PM

sounds like the wastegate is stuck open or you have the vacuum lines mixed up with the turbo and wastegate.

b164gturbosi

01-13-2005, 11:06 PM

well i took the turbo off and it had major play in it and it spins forever, so ima try a new turbo and ill check back, thanks for the help if you helped:-)

97CivicX

01-14-2005, 01:30 AM

its supposed to spin freely, the shaft play is what's bad though

WhiteLine Civic

01-16-2005, 10:05 PM

its supposed to spin freely, the shaft play is what's bad though

If the turbo shaft moves side to sise thats bad. of course its going to spin, it's a turbo thats what it does, it spins the exaust gasses. look into getting a new turbo kit with an external wastegate. check out WWW.WHITELINEPERFORMANCE.COM

b164gturbosi

01-18-2005, 10:27 AM

got a new saab turbo and it runs great 5lbs at 7500 very fast thanks anyone who helped

tunglnguyen

02-09-2005, 02:40 AM

Hey what is the psi setting on that saab internal wastegate? I have a saab wastegate too but dont know what the setting is at.

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