More boost down low?
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More boost down low?
I'm afraid the answer is NO but will ask any way. I have the A&A kit on my LS3 and would like to make more power down low (like 3000rpm). Is this possible with the Vortech head unit?
I was watching my boost guage tonight as I was flogging my car. The supercharger makes absolutely no boost until about 4500 rpms then it works up slooooowwwwly until max peak of 8 at or near redline.
Yes, it shreds the tires at the top end but I would like more on the bottom. Help?
I was watching my boost guage tonight as I was flogging my car. The supercharger makes absolutely no boost until about 4500 rpms then it works up slooooowwwwly until max peak of 8 at or near redline.
Yes, it shreds the tires at the top end but I would like more on the bottom. Help?
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No boost until 4500 rpms doesn't sound right.
Only hitting 8psi at peak doesn't sound right either unless you're running a very large pulley (4.0).
I'd take a couple hours and go through the system to check that no clamp has come loose at all. It wouldn't take much of a leak to lose enough boost where you wouldn't see it until the SC was really spinning up.
Only hitting 8psi at peak doesn't sound right either unless you're running a very large pulley (4.0).
I'd take a couple hours and go through the system to check that no clamp has come loose at all. It wouldn't take much of a leak to lose enough boost where you wouldn't see it until the SC was really spinning up.
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Should be making boost from 2k up. Is the belt tight enough?
You can run a smaller pulley and make more boost down low. My car made 500ft/lbs at 3k. More than enough to blow the tires off anywhere under 75mph at any rpm.
You can run a smaller pulley and make more boost down low. My car made 500ft/lbs at 3k. More than enough to blow the tires off anywhere under 75mph at any rpm.
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Should be building boost from at least 2500. Agree with others on checking for boost leaks. What blow off valve do you have?
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We've used Vortech's race valve, and Turbosmart. Follow the vacuum hose going from the valve to the nylon "Y" fitting near the brake booster. Make sure it's not pinched somewhere.
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I ran the 3.6 pulley, and now run a 3.125 pulley. 3.6 will pick up a ton of power in the car over the 4.0. Also, a meth kit is not a bad idea even if you don't use it for power. I picked up like 70ftlbs of torque with my alky control kit.
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I don't want to do Meth... sounds too complicated. Trying to keep it simple. Just a retune for the smaller pulley? I'll call my original installer and see what he thinks... Steve at ETMC, you out there??
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For comparison sake, my car never hit a lick of boost below 3800 rpms.. Then about 4000 it would jump to 4 psi, from then on it was a gradual build eventually hitting 10-11 psi at 6500.. The car made 622rwhp with a bone stock engine(even the cam) so there was no boost leaks... I just attributed this to the nature of centrifugal blowers. I had a 4.38" pulley on a d1sc. I was pretty disappointed with the lack of boost down low and more so about the boost drop after shifts. In 1st and 2nd I didn't need the boost down below 4k but 3rd/4th/5th needed more boost terribly below 4k.
I am going to a 3.4" pulley on the new build so hopefully that wakes it up a bit down low and hopefully not drop below 9-10psi after shifts..
I am going to a 3.4" pulley on the new build so hopefully that wakes it up a bit down low and hopefully not drop below 9-10psi after shifts..
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