Re: 200 vs 5000

[Dave Head <dhead@sundial.net>]

At 10:46 AM 5/10/97 -0400, you wrote:

>>I own an '89 200t non-q and the highest boost I can achieve is also 1.4.
>>The car is bone stock, if this is normal boost, thinking about replacing
>>chip and wastegate spring.  The car drives great has a very solid, secure
>>feel.
>
>I have a 91 200TQ, that was only reaching 1.4. I took it in and they
>replaced the wastegate frequencey valve, which got my back to 1.6-1.7. I
>can still only get 1.5 in 3rd, so I'm not completely right either.
>
>1.4 is definitely not normal. There are a bunch of possible problems. I'm
>afraid.

Prior to the infamous 20 valve turbo, the 10Vs were limited to a flat 1.5
bar cutoff... 1.3 to 1.4 indicated is absolutely normal - anything above, as
a matter of fact, would not be stock or indicate some real problems.



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