20223, Should I up the boost? Posted by HadesOmega, Apr-21-02 02:14 PM
Haha this looks like the other questions I just answered but I got info on my engine. As you all know the engine is probably on it death bed but all signs point that the car is running normally just not as much power I guess. My vacuum sits at like 17-18. I just checked the valvetrain out and the valves are fine and I just changed the spark plug gaskets. I did the key dance and all I got was that I disconnected the spark relay twice which I did that to do my compressions tests. When I drive the EGTs never get too high like around 1300 most of the time and I'm running rich. But the compression test I did the most recent showed 150 135 135 150. But the car seems to run fine. Would it be ok to up the boost to 6 or 7 psi. I got the EGT gauge so I could check how safe my car is running and it looks pretty safe, then I would turn up the boost and claim whatever hp I could get safely. But now that I'm getting these low numbers and crap I'm thinkin that maybe I shouldn't. NE1 opinions? Should I just boost at 5 until I get a rebuild done? Or is it ok to boost up to 7 for now? Most likely I'm gonna do another compression test next week to see wassup now after I put the valve cover back on.
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