Re: turbo questions...

["David N. Boyer" <ravee@lamere.net>]

My three thoughts are that 1) an aftermarket turbo kit on a VR6 needs a
specially tuned turbo chip.  If he's just using a generic Garrett chip,
theres your problem.  2)  From what I've heard, a 3" exhaust is a must for
full potential of the turbo on VR6 turbo'ed cars.  3)  stock fuel pump
can't push enough juice to supply the wants of the fuel enrichment kit and
ends up drying out when it gets up to 5 grand.  The stock fuel pump can
only flow so much fuel per second.

I hope this at least gives you some areas to try.

-David

At 07:29 PM 6/10/99 -0700, you wrote:
>This is for anyone out there that has experience with turbo's on VW's....
>PLEASE only serious people reply to me privately.....
>A good friend has a slight problem with his turbo set up in his GTI... the
>car is a 96, (obd2).. and when he reaches 5k rpms, the fuel dies off. has
>anyone with a turbo experienced this?  he is running a stock air box, has 3"
>downpipe, and 2 1/4" exhaust.  he has an extra fuel computer supporting
>extra fuel thru 2 extra injectors.  also he has the stock chip in.. he
>thought it may be the chip, so he switched it and put in the Garrett chip,
>still dies off at 5k.  the air/fuel meter show the car running lean at 5k,
>but he has the fuel computer turned WAY UP...
>stumped... any suggestion.. findings???
>please let me know so he can unleash the full potential of his car...
>BTW in its current state, it is faster than a normal aspirated vr6.. fast
>enough to pull around one going full throttle @ 90 mph with considerable
>ease and still shifting at 5k!!!
>George
>
>
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