GF8 1996 WRX Wagon, Standard boost?

[Guest]

Hi, Can anyone tell me what the standard boost level is for 96 WRX Wagon? And whats the safest you can up the boost too?

Ive been searching the forums but couldn't find any solid info.

Thanks for your time guys _b

[Guest]

Is the car bog standard? I.E. Standard intake, standard exhaust (incl. cat converters) and rear muffler?

[forcefed]

The safest boost dipends on condition/kms of your engine realy

[Guest]

wrx 10psi?

sti 14psi

both standard without poddys exhaust ect

[Pappu1]

10-12 i have seen on stock ones

seen 14 on modded ones

[zarnah]

girlfriends wagon runs 11-12psi with just a cat back 3 inch exhaust, everything else bone standard

[Ninja8)]

when i got the car it was running 10. but the max i've ran is 16psi. with sti bolt ons tho

[Guest]

Thanks for all the reply's.

Car is almost bog standard, only mod is 3" cat back exhaust system.

At the moment it feels as if the car is only boosting about 7psi, I think the factory boost solenoid has given up. Ill need to get a boost gauge and check it properly.

[Guest]

Here is a pic of her anyway, got it for $2500

[Pappu1]

looks good man.. thats a good deal!!!

[driftrex]

7psi is wastegate pressure, it should run 10psi standard, i have run 15psi on mine for 3 years and also up to 17psi at one stage, engine still going strong.

[nt_a_foz]

 driftrex said:

7psi is wastegate pressure, it should run 10psi standard, i have run 15psi on mine for 3 years and also up to 17psi at one stage, engine still going strong.

youve been quite lately man haha..

You got that car going yet?

[boon]

My bone stock 96 (MY97 though, TD04 blah blah) boosted to 14psi. However yours is a MY96 so probably different...

[Guest]

Man how do you tell what models what? lol

Ill probably look at upping it to 12psi, don't want to work it to hard.

[Pappu1]

check for any fault codes

then reset the ecu

run 98 obviously lol

maybe a service and upper engine cleaner

see if that get things going

does it report any fault codes?

[Guest]

 pappu said:

check for any fault codes

then reset the ecu

run 98 obviously lol

maybe a service and upper engine cleaner

see if that get things going

does it report any fault codes?

Sometimes when the car is idling at the traffic lights it has come up with the engine check light(ECL), and the idle bounces up and down a little, as soon as you touch the gas the ECL turns off.

I plan to pull the idle control unit off and clean all the carbon out of it – I'm guessing this is what's causing the bouncy idle and ECL fault.

Haven't had any ECL light come on when boosting tho.

[driftrex]

 nt_a_foz']

[quote name='driftrex said:

7psi is wastegate pressure, it should run 10psi standard, i have run 15psi on mine for 3 years and also up to 17psi at one stage, engine still going strong.

/quote]

youve been quite lately man haha..

You got that car going yet?

nope :-(

hasnt been touched for months now, sits in my garage collecting dust at the moment.

had other things to do lately. need to get something happening though.

[marc]

his looks MY97 as it has a V3 bonnett so itl take abit more then the late v2 MY96 wrx's. should do 10 bone stock.

[Timmah]

Forgive me for chiming in late, but my V3 97 wagon does 10PSI with the little TD04. Only mods done to my car is a BOV and v4sti muffler.

[Dacca]

My 97 GF8 wagon runs 1.2bar on a std motor with sti boltons

[Guest]

Hey Dacca when you say sti bolton's - what sti parts have you added? Does the sti intercooler do much more than the factory wrx intercooler? they look identical to me

Last night I pulled the AFM off and gave it a blast with CRC AFM cleaner. Then removed the idle control unit, gave that a blast with WD40, let it soak then gave it another blast to get the carbon out. So far car has been running great, stable idle and no ECL has come back since

Hoping the boost gauge arrives today, then ill install that and see what boost its running.

Thanks for all the info ;D

[Timmah]

 daxter said:

Hey Dacca when you say sti bolton's - what sti parts have you added? Does the sti intercooler do much more than the factory wrx intercooler? they look identical to me

Last night I pulled the AFM off and gave it a blast with CRC AFM cleaner. Then removed the idle control unit, gave that a blast with WD40, let it soak then gave it another blast to get the carbon out. So far car has been running great, stable idle and no ECL has come back since

Hoping the boost gauge arrives today, then ill install that and see what boost its running.

Thanks for all the info ;D

I believe the STi addons he did was Yellow Top injectors, Orange AFM, v3 STI ECU and a VF34 turbo and a V4 sti intercooler. Here's the link: http://www.clubsub.org.nz/forum/index.php/topic,13918.0.html

[Guest]

lol, ok so I got the boost gauge hooked up, but the line I plumed into goes from the manifold to the factory boost controller with the white air-filter thingy on it. I installed all new hose between those parts and now the car is free boosting, got up to 15psi then took my foot off the gas.

There must of been some restricter thing in that hose between the white air-filter thing and the manifold that Ive removed.

Going to naner the car for now and get a boost controller set it for 12psi, and leave it at that.

[Guest]

make sure you got all your vacume lines tight and secure also make sure there all going to the correct point.

[Guest]

^ its all sorted now, got a boost tap in there running 12psi :>