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ok all i have is turboback exhaust and a catless uppipe on my 06 legacy gt. i am running the cobb stage 2 93 map (set at 16.5 psi) and i have all the following problems:

 

-when im supposed to be hitting peak boost (around 3k rpm), i only get about 11 or 12 psi

-then boost slowly goes up to about 14 psi at 5k rpm and tapers to about 12 psi at redline

-i hear a high pitch sound coming from the front of the car under full boost

-i tried flashing the stock map to see what happens, and i still hear the high pitch noise, and boost is at 11 psi at 3k rpm and slowly goes up to 12.5 psi at around 5k rpm-redline

 

what can it be? your help is greatly appreciated

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ok all i have is turboback exhaust and a catless uppipe on my 06 legacy gt. i am running the cobb stage 2 93 map (set at 16.5 psi) and i have all the following problems:

 

-when im supposed to be hitting peak boost (around 3k rpm), i only get about 11 or 12 psi

-then boost slowly goes up to about 14 psi at 5k rpm and tapers to about 12 psi at redline

-i hear a high pitch sound coming from the front of the car under full boost

-i tried flashing the stock map to see what happens, and i still hear the high pitch noise, and boost is at 11 psi at 3k rpm and slowly goes up to 12.5 psi at around 5k rpm-redline

 

what can it be? your help is greatly appreciated

 

You have an uppipe leak.

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You have an uppipe leak.

 

man, how ironic. i replaced my solid uppipe for a flex and oem gaskets to avoid this exact problem lol

 

i am having the subaru dealer pull it out tommorrow and re-install it. i hope it fixes the problem

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well im glad you guys think it is an uppipe leak because that was my next step. the uppipe is going to be taken off 2moro and re-installed with a new gasket so i hope that does the trick
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have you dated her or something?

OTM.

Sorry I didn't mean to start a war which mainly forum people is all about ;).
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have you met her brother payback?

OTM.

Sorry I didn't mean to start a war which mainly forum people is all about ;).
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hi guys. unfortunately i'm having a boost issue as well..

 

i'm running stage 2 and boost gauge has shown that the car has peaked before at 1.20 hakpa (17.4 psi).

i have the peak warning set at 1.10 hakpa just to have something to let me know when i hit that amount of boost - not for warning purposes.

i had no problems driving the car on saturday...occassionally hitting over the 1.10 hakpa with all the beeping going on from the peak warning

but since yesterday -sunday - i can't even hit 1.10 hakpa... i think the highest i have seen it go up to is 1.04 hakpa.

i'm not hearing a high pitched noise like mustang killer is ~

at least i really dont think so

 

car is running following performance mods - catted turboback, stock uppipe (07), perrin tmic

 

any info is appreciated ~ thanks ~

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^^ I used to think this, but not sure if i completely believe this now. Me and another member on here both have had weird VW whistling noises coming from air getting through the flex part of our upipes. Not sure if this happens alot with flex upipes since I dont hear many other people mentioning this, but it was the case with his and seems to be the same prob with mine at the moment.
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^^ I used to think this, but not sure if i completely believe this now. Me and another member on here both have had weird VW whistling noises coming from air getting through the flex part of our upipes. Not sure if this happens alot with flex upipes since I dont hear many other people mentioning this, but it was the case with his and seems to be the same prob with mine at the moment.

 

 

the flex vs. solid UP argument is a bit too:spin::spin:. The real problem is the 2-bolt flange connection between the UP and headders. It should have been a 3-bolt setup from the factory. Ive seens pleanty instances where that connection leaked or blew out, both with flex and non flex UP. Proper installation and tightening is the key to reliabily with UPs. Or just get a headder set with a 3-bolt flage UP connection.

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^or the new WBR header with a 4 bolt up-pipe connection. I went to a header with 3 bolts because I kept getting a leak with my old Crucial racing one. Still have the thing in the garage come to think of it.
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hi guys. unfortunately i'm having a boost issue as well..

 

i'm running stage 2 and boost gauge has shown that the car has peaked before at 1.20 hakpa (17.4 psi).

i have the peak warning set at 1.10 hakpa just to have something to let me know when i hit that amount of boost - not for warning purposes.

i had no problems driving the car on saturday...occassionally hitting over the 1.10 hakpa with all the beeping going on from the peak warning

but since yesterday -sunday - i can't even hit 1.10 hakpa... i think the highest i have seen it go up to is 1.04 hakpa.

i'm not hearing a high pitched noise like mustang killer is ~

at least i really dont think so

 

car is running following performance mods - catted turboback, stock uppipe (07), perrin tmic

 

any info is appreciated ~ thanks ~

 

tuned or untuned?

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I was talking about leaking through the actually braided flex area. My gaskets showed the rings on where they sealed fine. And when I check them also theres no air traveling out on the ends. My prob was with air slipping through the flex area causing one of the most oddest sounds you will ever come across. But yeh 2 bolts isnt to smart of a move either.
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well i just got my car back and after taking out the uppipe and re-installing it with 2 new gaskets, the problem is still there. nothing has changed since before

 

i had them check all the hoses as well, so what can it be?

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maybe you take care of your outstanding debts with members and we'll help. just a thought. you have a lot of nerve asking for assistance after the way you handled your recent transactions
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So are we on writers strike then?

OTM.

Sorry I didn't mean to start a war which mainly forum people is all about ;).
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well i just got my car back and after taking out the uppipe and re-installing it with 2 new gaskets, the problem is still there. nothing has changed since before

 

i had them check all the hoses as well, so what can it be?

 

 

You need to stop modding your car now. everything you touch seems to turn to $hit.

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i havent added anything, only taken away from. its not like i have just recently added a mod. i took my car from a 20g setup now to just back to basic stage 2 and this is what i am experiencing

 

i noticed my wastegate actuator is stained oil color, could i have a bad wastegate?

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