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low boost pressure
I just put guages on my truck last week and it seems like the boost pressure is low. I can only get abbout 11lb @3000rpm. I check the line for leaks and tightened all connections. Why cant I get the 18+lb that most of you are getting
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if you are just cruising you wont see much more than 11lbs. Really the only time you will see your boost spike is taking off hard and really spooling the turbo up. also, you dont want those higher boost pressures as the stock turbo can only handle so much. next time you at a redlight take off hard and really get into it. i betcha you will hit 25-28 lbs pretty easy!
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Originally Posted by fishmanndotcom
if you are just cruising you wont see much more than 11lbs. Really the only time you will see your boost spike is taking off hard and really spooling the turbo up. also, you dont want those higher boost pressures as the stock turbo can only handle so much. next time you at a redlight take off hard and really get into it. i betcha you will hit 25-28 lbs pretty easy!
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my neighbor has a 97' 350 and his turbo just went bad. He said he was running low boost and it lack of power. I have never run another powerstoke to compare mine to but his truck pulls hills sprinting where mine would be at a walk/jog. Could this be my problem or should I look at other things first
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Originally Posted by joe_13894
Wouldn't you see the most boost pulling a long grade where the revs can sit high? Taking off my truck doesn't have long at the higher revs before it shifts. Climbing a grade at 70 in 3rd or 50 in 2nd seems to make the turbo whine the most. (Nope, never measured boost).
thats why you see very little if any boost (on stock trucks) cruising down the interstate... b/c the demand is equal to or close to equal to the amount of air the turbo is pushing
hope that makes sense
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