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i run 215 40 17 but with 10mm spacers at the front and 5mm at hte back with no issues, although i have coilovers which are thinner than original suspension springs which might be and issue. If i was you id stick to 205 instead of 215. rgds

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Boost figures do not come into the equation, they area rough indication, flow however does. A car registering below 15psi manifold pressure but with a wild cam, flowed head and exhaust etc may require higher flowing injectors even though the manifold pressure seems low, hence more air is in the cylinders not the manifold. Air fuel ratio is the true indicator. Adjustable FPR's are a accident waiting to happen on a forced induction motor. They do not work on vacume and their rising rate is competly different to that of what barry bosch took all his time and maths in creating. Fine tuning mixture is a little more complex on fuel injected cars to that of old skool carbs where you could twiddle a screw adjust your mixture. As stated many times in the past, ISV's do not leak, they bleed, they bleed because they are told to bleed by the ECU, it is not a fault, just a inherent part of the digifant system. Stopping them bleeding is a process we are overcoming from a electronics point of view and not mearly a check valve. A check valve physically stops boost bleeding, but starts a domino effect where the ECU interprits no loss of boost as a problem and retards ignition timing, status quo, loss of power. Do ya home work. ok you guys have made ur points which are valid to a degree but if you had taken a minute and read the first post by munkay you would see he doesnt mention any cams or porting to the head. By this I have made my conclusion that it is standard items he is running so i made my reply around that. Yes we can go into depth about how cams and porting and even to how long/big are you boost pipes can affect ur boost levels but thats not what is disscused here. For that you can open another thread instead of hijack this one. Sorry for being unclear about the isv issue, when i said leaks i didnt mean leaking as a malfunction, i meant to say that the boost its bleed off by the ecu nas we all know this. As for the FPR im running a webber vacum control fpr which works in the same principles as a normal FPR, the only thing is that you can control the level of the diaphram in the fpr giving you the low to high fuel pressure regulator. You cannot simply guess that by adding a 65mm pulley you will need uprated fuel system. In most cases a healthy charger can produce around 14-17 psi on 65mm pulley depending on its spec on a stock unported, uncamed head ........... Im not trying to missinform anyone, im simply giving free unbiased advice. many thanks

what wideband do you have gazzag60? To munkay, you really need to go by the boost you are producing and not by the pulley size as some chargers produce more boost than others due to how healthy they are. Its advisable that above 15psi bigger injectors to be used like 320cc, an adjustable fpr would help to fine tune your mixiture. You need to be aware of the isv as like you said it leaks at higher pressures. rgds

Almost all blown jabba chargers seem to have same damage paterns. Latley they been popping like mad, sad really :( as its hard to get hold of them.

LoL some of you seem to be sterile fanatics. One can choose to keep his car how he wants to that be fuilthy or clean, that dont mean you can damage it :roll: . but on the other side valve caps get stolen all the time, it aint a big deal but if someone you know would do that id be screwin. :)

`16v turbo is a good combination. You will have to switch either to digi or standalone if you chose to run more than 9-10 psi, also compression has to be altered on higher psi. apose gil is the wiz of the 16v he will sort you out :)

yes mate pm sent :)

i have a spare ko3 turbo which came out of a new mk4 the 180 20vt, if hes looking for one this size pm me. thanks

yeah yeah..blah blah...20vt is what you need my man.. :D :D so how much have you spent on a 20vt conversion mate :? , for a guy who cant do the work himself or has no time or space doing such conversion would cost into 4k+ by a proffesional garage, then you have to spend money on big turbo, injectors, boost controller chip ect ec to get things moving................ whereas tuning a g60 either with a turbo or keeping the charger would work much much cheaper, maybe not the same max power in the end but a respectable number for a fwd car which wont break your bank either.

i have a spare g60 cat if anyone is in need, pm me for info 8)

They run on green injectors wich are rated at about 260cc at 3 bar fuel pressure. Although some raylles i believe came with grey top injectors which run higher cc. rgds

get a boost gauge to check the pressure your getting. What age on the charger, what mods done? Possible boost leaks maybe somwhere in the boost system starting from the black plastic box to the throttle body. give us some more details ect. rgds

why not spend 300-400 pounds in a air/water ic pwr has a few, than you can turn the boost a little higher, lowering the compression would be a next step. Chargers dont produce loads of heat thats why loads of ppl run them non intercooled but a turbo will produce higher temps and combine that with a hot summer you have a bomb. Go front mount if you cant do a/w but if you go turbo you have to be cooled 8) 8)

When you fully open your throttle you will see a steady reading on the a/f gauge, they are accurate up to a certain rev range but worth the money to prevent any major failures. So try it at wot and see what you get.

it should be on the left side of the head near the fuel rail, you can see the little vacume pipe from the left side of the manifold where it goes and it should take you to the fpr, check both conections make sure no splits. Good for you that are happy on 11 psi im sure you never tried the rush of 15+psi :D i bet youll like it :lol: 8)

The isv tends to leak boost at higher pressures unless its faulty, you should be seeing 2-4psi more with that pulley, have you checked for boost leaks in the system, faulty gauge? have a look at the fpr conecting hose with the manifold as it tends to crack easily due to heat and loose boost.

what boost are you geting jim? its a good indication of how good your seals are holding up.

Iv seen chargers approaching 100k miles without rebuilts and still produce same boost as stock on stock pulley. Alot of g60s arent properly maintained and are driven harshly although the sturcture of the charger doesnt play a favour either but if keept in good shape it can produce good results. If a charger is rebuilt with the quality parts and sucks in clean air a 70mm pulley should happily see 40k miles, going down as the size of pulley is decreased as explained above. rgds

remember that as boost goes up so does the temperatures. I see temps around 95-105 in my g60 when i drive it really hard, but its not standart at all, Im pushing boost levels from 15-18psi and i also have an oil cooler.

This was it but has changed now :wink: :shock: :shock: Thast more bling than Don Majic Juan

plus shipping maybe another 50 or so and then tax but still can be cheaper than what acralite here in uk sell their pistons which is in the region of 400-500 but not sure if there is quality differences.

Well the 16vg60 golf has to be the fastest vw untill the r32 came even though some might debate that the 16vg60 could have been set up to produce more than 210 bhp originally. i know it was only a limited number of 16vg60 mk2 but still the fastest vw back then :-P

RS2 is a term tuners in germany and some in UK use to present a fully ported flown charger, this includes the ported casing, exhaust outlet bore increased to match the rsr outlet, exhaust fins smoothed to increase flow of air,all this porting is done in a very delicate way by paying atention to little details. This optimizes boost from a stock charger as it flows better, charger works less to achieve same amount of boost a standart would produce. Also very important are the parts that tuners use to rebuilt these chargers, some companies charge and arm and leg & skim and use low quality bearings,strips and oil seals which leads to a need for rebuilt sooner than quoted by the tuners and can bring all sorts of trouble incuding loos of boost and a blown charger. We at G-tuned only use the best quality parts VW approved for all rebuilts and tuned chargers. :) rgds

yes i can read vortex too. i think you will find the reason there doing thiese chips on the #42 injectors is to run them at a lower fuel presure mate ie. 3.0bar and yes migual we spend many hours every week with the cars rigged up with wideband / knock link,etc logging data and consistantly trying to improve on what vw have given us .... have you tried ? :lol: Yes i read vortex,its not a compeition who knows or can do more here, my poin is that higher pressure can be used, iv tried it and done it, everyone seems to dissmis it :roll: ,they runing 2-4 bar on the 42lb I was told by sam. im not going into more arguments...oh and my name is MIGUEL :lol: