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A bunch of questions really

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#1 ·
Ok so I’m not new to srts been working on them for years and yes more than one I’ve rebuilt shells to running cars and done swaps but I’ve had some trust issues with a new set up . Example I’ve never used glow shift gauges and don’t know how accurate they actually are. So with that being said I have a oil gauge that’s glow shift and it isn’t reading but I’m at a loss because I don’t remember the oil pressure that the head needs but my oil light came on (which I think is the oil sender again) but I’m going to be looking at that in the morning . I’m also running into a over boost issue and throttle issue as well and I’m trying to get this car tuned by Nigel but seems like one bs problem after another any help would be appreciated
 
#2 ·
Can you provide more detail of the symptoms of the boost and throttle issue, they could be related. In the meantime I would check the vacuum lines and the WG actuator if you are running a stock setup. It could also be a torn or bad diaphragm on the WG. A rundown of your setup would be helpful too.
 
#3 ·
The car has an s256 kit with a precision 39mm wastegate a 62mm throttle body and most of the vacuum lines deleted with a hallman in cabin boost controller the wastegate has a 10lb spring in it and over boosts to about 30 and doesn’t hold primarily cause I let off and that’s at about 4 grand it hits over boost to about 30 even though I have the boost controller turned all the way down and I have checked all vacuum lines that I have which are like 2 of them plus zip tied what vacuum lines I thought may leak by and as far as the idle hanging I think I may have gotten that when I found the intake manifold cracked earlier this morning
 
#4 ·
Glowshift is junk.

Hook your wastegate straight to boost source (basically remove boost controller from circuit) with a leak free vacuum line. If you still overboost, your wastegate is not functioning. If it holds 10psi, there is a leak in your boost control lines or your boost controller is not working correctly.
 
#6 ·
I had a pressure sensor in the head on my first build. I knew it would read a little lower than in the block, but I did a little research and went with that because it was way easier. At cold start the idle pressure was around 25-30psi and once the car was fully up to temp and run for a while, it was high teens. Cruise was 40 down to high twenties depending on gear and speed. Of course the pressure rose correctly with RPMs.

I used it as a canary in the coal mine that was better than the stock sensor that lights the light when you are at 4 psi. I figured if the pressure changed drastically from what it always read, that would be the time to shut down and do some troubleshooting.
 
#7 ·
I have read up on gs gauges and come to the same conclusion however it’s not my car I’m just getting as many issues taken care of and trying to tune it. I’m also looking at more possible vacuum lines and yes I’ve by passed the boost controller with the same resolve so I’ve got another tial wastegate in my garage I’m going to swap that out and try with that wastegate as well but just on wastegate spring pressure alone and I’ve been talking to my friend about getting better gauges so I think I’m just going to get them for him so he knows what true quality is. I’ve also ran into an issue with noise at idle but the same noise when I get up to about 2 grand . It’s like a rattle but I’ve already done a compression test and it’s good but I did find one of the ears on the intake cracked so I changed that but didn’t really change anything as far as how it’s running but I’ll swap the wastegates out probably Friday and I’ll let y’all know what comes of it thanks for the help y’all
 
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