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lance
Tuesday 11th January 2011, 21:26
Just wondered how far peoples boost gauges go on there 850s into the white espeically if you have RICA and a Manual 850R.
Our old stock 850 T5 went 1/2-2/3 into the white, my 855R goes 4/5-5/6 so nearly to the end but not quite!
stevie69
Tuesday 11th January 2011, 21:28
got mine about 3mm of the end.rica 304 and a mbc.
p fandango
Tuesday 11th January 2011, 21:28
sure i've seen some rica's slightly off the scale
t5 pete
Tuesday 11th January 2011, 21:31
my 304 goes about 2-3mm past the white
Jamest5r
Tuesday 11th January 2011, 21:36
1.2 bar is about 2mm off the end of the white, 1.5ish is about 3 o'clock, i know this from a rr session with a seperate boost guage attached, might vary a bit from car to car though.
BruceT
Tuesday 11th January 2011, 22:23
I'm hitting 16-17psi, just off the White :)
The Flying Moose
Tuesday 11th January 2011, 22:44
Mine with Rica 304 Touched the end of the white, with the MBC set at 1,3bar was well past the white. Standard Rica 304 should be 1 bar.
When I had the 855 T5 however before HLM mapped it went half into the gauge also
leet5r
Tuesday 11th January 2011, 23:38
not enough lol , av had mine pointin to the temp gauage , once
Ade
Wednesday 12th January 2011, 00:18
Halfway in lower gears, a bit less in 4th and 5th flat out for my T5
not enough lol , av had mine pointin to the temp gauage , once
Once being the issue there! :lol:
Wobbly Dave
Wednesday 12th January 2011, 00:43
I don't have one :cry:
Dangerous Dave
Wednesday 12th January 2011, 00:53
Its great having that little boost gauge, so much fun watching it flip about!
The Flying Moose
Wednesday 12th January 2011, 00:54
I don't have one :cry:
I have an after-market boost gauge you can have Dave... if your feeling left out that is!
lance
Wednesday 12th January 2011, 16:20
I used to have a tim one and it went right round off the scale to about 6-7pm and it was 1bar at 3 pm Obviously this was very wrong!
IIRC the standard gauge cant be trusted in any way but I guess if standard boost is 0.6 -0.7 bar (half a boost gauge) and rica is 1-.1.2 bar around the end of the boost gauge ish.
p fandango
Wednesday 12th January 2011, 16:43
IIRC the standard gauge cant be trusted in any way but I guess if standard boost is 0.6 -0.7 bar (half a boost gauge) and rica is 1-.1.2 bar around the end of the boost gauge ish.
although their not actually calibrated there normally the end of the white is about 15psi
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leet5r
Wednesday 12th January 2011, 21:09
Halfway in lower gears, a bit less in 4th and 5th flat out for my T5
Once being the issue there! :lol:
some how no , the engine is still strong and pulls well , but it is and t5r wich is meant ot have a stronger bottom end
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