SteelWarrior
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- 03.5 Mazdaspeed Protege
Alrighty so had my car since december, we had really cold weather, now the snows melting and its about 0 degrees C. I was driving my car on the high way and coming back into the city i almost had a heart attack when i saw my boost guage jump up past 10 psi. i was like holy s*** that aint good. so i pulled over and my cars reporting about 5 of the exhaust pressure (opposite of the boost), where it usually sits at around 20 on idle. so very carefully i went back on the road and listened for leaks (ive had one before and it wasnt making any of the sounds or anything). so i tried speeding the car up, on the way shifting up i found my turbo seemed to be kicking in earlier (around 2.5k revs instead of 3+), and i was puzzled, so i tried boosting it hard, and the gauge shot up to about 15, but again, ive been in a car thats boosting 15 psi and it didnt make the sound it should have IF it was actually boosting that, as a matter of fact, it wasnt much different then a few days ago when i stomped it and it would fly up to about 7 psi....but the really funny thing is, i did a few speed trials vs my old times after deciding that i wasnt really boosting 15 psi, and the car seems faster and more free, the turbo/BOV makes a louder more beefed up sound, and the gas peddle felt like there was more power in it.....so im puzzled because my cars stock minus a cold air intake, i dont have any way of adjusting the boost as far as i know and i was just driving my car normally on the highway when all of a sudden boom, this started happening....so i was wondering is it possible the warm temp or some other random feeling has actually allowed the full potential of the turbo to emerge or wether or not my boost timer got ****ed up somehow or whats going on
from the descriptions ive read about putting too much boost into a car im pretty confident that i cant do any harm to it atm, but anyone wiht expirence id love to hear from!
from the descriptions ive read about putting too much boost into a car im pretty confident that i cant do any harm to it atm, but anyone wiht expirence id love to hear from!
