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Old 04-03-2009, 03:54 PM
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Today I was talking to the mechanic at my dads warehouse about how to change by wheel bearing then he wanted to look at my engine. So while he was looking at it he noticed it was the turbo model and said he has an eclipse with a turbo on it and went on to talk about a few things I should do to get more hp out of it. He told me that many cars with turbos come with a restrictor on the turbo and its a little tube that comes off the turbo that looks like a little snorkle and he said there was a little spring in there and if I took it out I would get more boost, around about 1-3 psi. does anyone know if the 1.8t has this and if so where is it?
 
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Old 04-03-2009, 04:41 PM
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it is not possible to do that.
 
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Old 04-03-2009, 06:18 PM
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just get a chip tuning software APR GIAC REVO
 
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Old 04-03-2009, 08:14 PM
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LOL, too funny
 
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Old 04-03-2009, 08:52 PM
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Sort of like a N75 valve in the actual world.
 
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Old 04-03-2009, 09:09 PM
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ive never really heard of a street car having one...
 
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Old 04-03-2009, 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by The Bishop
Sort of like a N75 valve in the actual world.
no, all they are is a ring that goes inside the compressor inlet making it smaller and not allowing as much cfm of air in.
 
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