[s-cars] Stock boost level

[Eric Phillips]

I am only thinking about the fuel pump upgrade due to reports of WOT
fuel starvation in some cases.  I would rather not try to figure out
all the permutations of FPR and pump stuff, to be honest.

Thanks for the data point,

Eric

On 4/17/07, Pasqualoni, James E <james.pasqualoni at gs.com> wrote:
> You don't need to change the fuel pump or the fpr.  I was running over
> 400 horses on my Dahlback RS2 setup on stock cams, MAF, fuel pump and
> fpr FWIW...
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Eric Phillips
> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 3:49 PM
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> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Stock boost level
>
> > Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:33:37 -0400
> > From: " Vincent Fr?geac " <s.sikss at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [s-cars] Stock boost level
> >
> > The drop of boost after 5500rpm is typical of our small turbo/large
> > engine stock configuration. Great low-end torque, but the turbo cannot
>
> > handle the task up to the redline. The other way is the RS2, which
> > gives full boost at redline but needs over 3000rpm to get alive.
>
> This brings me to a question which I have not yet been able to find an
> answer to...
>
> Background:  I'm am currently amassing in my Rossatobin the pieces/parts
> to slide down the slope to RS2.  I have RS2 injectors,
> RS2 EM, and some various small bits and pieces (gaskets and the like).
>  Since I am past 100k miles, I am planning on replacing the fuel pump at
> the same time, and relaying it as well.  Also, my plan is to retain the
> stock MAF and cams, and also stick with MRC as my software provider.
>
> Here's the thing:  I want to go up a step, at least, in fuel pump.
> 005, at the very least.  If I keep my stock FPR, is this going to work
> out with off-the-shelf RS2 software, or am I going to need to get some
> sort of custom chipset?  The fueling end of the RS2 slippery slope has
> me confused a bit.  I understand that some folks have a fuel delivery
> problem at WOT with RS2 set-ups, and I DO NOT want detonation to be a
> companion of my newly-found turbo powah.
>
> Can anyone shed a bit of light on this for me?
>
> Eric.
>
> P.S.  The idea of not having much "go" until after 3k RPM, but having it
> all the way to redline appeals to me a lot.  Sedately driving back and
> forth to work is nice with no worries about getting into boost
> unexpectedly (I have a story about that...)