ACES70 Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 You can put the mbc on there and bump up the boost but as soon as the boost goes higher than stock the ecu will pull back timing and fuel to bring you back into stock specs. It will be jumpy as hell. If you want to experience what it will be like just disconnect your wastgate hose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VolvoKid4Life Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Get an upgraded ECU.JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martz0r Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Buy the MBC off ya :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylerwaite Posted March 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 hehe, i put it on. i took it all the way up to 80. no problems to report as of yet. it seems like it helps with more power up top, i could be just totally placebo-ing, but my girlfriend asked me what i did to it when i picked her up from work. no jerks or anything. i'll keep this updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHEIII874T5M Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 hehe, i put it on. i took it all the way up to 80. no problems to report as of yet. it seems like it helps with more power up top, i could be just totally placebo-ing, but my girlfriend asked me what i did to it when i picked her up from work. no jerks or anything. i'll keep this updated.Sweet, so where do we place bets for the "What's this light on my dash that stays on and says check engine" thread? What do you have the boost set at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylerwaite Posted March 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 haha, my cel has been on ever since i bought the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHEIII874T5M Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 haha, my cel has been on ever since i bought the car.What's the code for? Where did you tap your boost gauge line in to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oreo931 Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Do you even have a boost gauge? How much boost are you running? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylerwaite Posted March 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 i do not have a boost gauge, but it should be here any day now. i bought 3 gauges mr. mike baker was selling.if i had to guess i would say 6-7 pounds. the adjuster isn't even screwed half way in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oreo931 Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 i do not have a boost gauge, but it should be here any day now. i bought 3 gauges mr. mike baker was selling.if i had to guess i would say 6-7 pounds. the adjuster isn't even screwed half way in.Please, please, please take my advice and remove the MBC. It is not good AT ALL to use an MBC without a boost gauge. You need to hook up the gauge first before anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHEIII874T5M Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 i do not have a boost gauge, but it should be here any day now. i bought 3 gauges mr. mike baker was selling.if i had to guess i would say 6-7 pounds. the adjuster isn't even screwed half way in. You are my new idol. Rip that MBC out and put it back to stock, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylerwaite Posted March 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 jeez, you guys think i'm dumb. granted, i'm sure all of you have a lot more knowledge and experience with these cars than i do, but if nothing bad is happening then why take it off? if you could show me one case where a significant problem has arisen with a 99+ and a mbc then i will happily take it off that very instant.i've also been keeping it under 3000 rpms while my pcv system needs replacing, with the exception of tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACES70 Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 jeez, you guys think i'm dumb. granted, i'm sure all of you have a lot more knowledge and experience with these cars than i do, but if nothing bad is happening then why take it off? if you could show me one case where a significant problem has arisen with a 99+ and a mbc then i will happily take it off that very instant.i've also been keeping it under 3000 rpms while my pcv system needs replacing, with the exception of tonight.First that MBC wont do a damn thing because your ETM is going to retard everything else as soon as it goes any higher than stock. That is unless you really have a 98. The electronic throttle module (ETM) only allows the cars to boost to their ECU set limit, any higher and you will either an engine overboost code or worse. Crank it up all the way, it wont hurt your car to do it once. Do it so you can see what I mean. I have the same car as you and if you dont have the ECU reflashed or tuned to give the ECU a new psi limit it wont go any higher without adverse side effects. Its not that there are any specific instances of anything "bad" happening because no one buys a MBC for a car with the ETM. It just doesnt work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maiku Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 did i NOT just post up the reason why?!fool him once, shame on you, fool him twice, shame on him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karlson Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Joe, take a chill pill! you are starting to push it. so where do we place bets for the "What's this light on my dash that stays on and says check engine" thread? What do you have the boost set at? Help a guy out, he didn't know that ME7 is such a stupid system. he thought thats the as on 98 or older Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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