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Old 10-22-2002, 12:46 PM
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Okay this is my problem. Im getting a 8-5-3 boost pattern. Before i bought the car, i had the turbos looked @ by a local rx-7 guy and he said they checked out okay. Recently i had a Mazduh tech look over the vaccuum lines and he said all were attached. I lose boost right before the transition and it keeps falling off until redline. Any thoughts on whats goin on? My original thoughts were it might be a faulty solenoid because the secondary turbo is not opening up and i dont hear the "whoosh" of either turbo after 4k.

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Old 10-22-2002, 01:11 PM
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so does the second turbo work? if it does then maybe you have plugged pre cat.



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Old 10-22-2002, 03:29 PM
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a clogged pre-cat can totally negate ur secondary turbo? I thought it would just drop ur top-end boost from 10psi to something like 8 because of backpressure....
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Originally Posted by boostdfd3s' date='Oct 22 2002, 12:29 PM
a clogged pre-cat can totally negate ur secondary turbo? I thought it would just drop ur top-end boost from 10psi to something like 8 because of backpressure....
if you dont get enough boost on the primary it wont transition. it needs about 5-6psi



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Old 10-23-2002, 12:32 AM
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I ma thinking vacum leak but that is the only place I have ever had any problems out of the stock setup. You could always go through and check each solonoid one at a time.
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Did you check the lines between the y pipe and the charge relief vavle. The large 5/8 black hose? It's a thought.
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check the coupler between the y pipe and the IC piping...thats what caused my massive boost leak
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Did you get it figured out?
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Old 10-24-2002, 06:26 AM
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Im making 8psi on the primary so it's got plenty to go into transition. I'm thinking it has to be a solenoid and not the piping or couplers because i dont even hear the secondary spooling. BTW, whats the name of the solenoid that opens up the secondary? CRV?



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sounds like somebody needs to go non-seq to get rid of these problems

Plus its easier to trouble shot non-seq...



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