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FyeaFRS · 10-26-2015, 10:41 AM

Had it tuned over the weekend. Making 295 @ 8.5psi

DJCarbine · 10-26-2015, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by FyeaFRS

Had it tuned over the weekend. Making 295 @ 8.5psi

91/93 or e85

FyeaFRS · 10-26-2015, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by DJCarbine

91/93 or e85

93

Full VDS Performance catless exhaust

MattHoffman · 11-10-2015, 10:34 PM

I am running the 3.12 and making 7.5 peak boost... gotta be belt slip??? how do I know?

FyeaFRS · 11-12-2015, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by MattHoffman

I am running the 3.12 and making 7.5 peak boost... gotta be belt slip??? how do I know?

In regards to?

What belt are you running? I'm currently using the upgraded Gates belt.

Cal3000 · 11-14-2015, 04:24 AM

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Originally Posted by MattHoffman

I am running the 3.12 and making 7.5 peak boost... gotta be belt slip??? how do I know?

What belt are you running? Do you have a mechanical gauge, or are you using the torque app? I know sometimes the torque app falls out of calibration. I've had times when it read I was boosting 2 psi max. I restarted the android OS and later read 9psi. I'm on the 3.48 pulley.

Also, just check you hoses.

Cal3000 · 11-14-2015, 04:30 AM

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Originally Posted by w0wbagger

Hey guys,

I just experienced a belt rupture with my Vortech. Well not exactly a rupture in a way that I get a belt with an end and a beginning, but more like a rupture in a way that it has been "cut" into two pieces along the circumfence (if you know what I mean). So to say I now have two belts...

This happend just 5000km after the V-2 has been installed with the 3.125" pulley.
I am wondering if the extra heat by the shared oil with the engine caused a belt failure or of maybe one of my pulleys was not perfectly aligned. Nevertheless I will get the 2.87 pulley installed this wednesday and I already have a Gates HD belt ready for installation.

Do you guys know any alternative for the gates belts? I am looking for a reinforced or extra strong one in particular which is compatible with the 2.87" pulley!

I had the same thing happen to me. With mines, my belt somehow jumped the rib edge of the AC compressor pulley and sheared in half. Since I replaces the belt, I haven't seen that problem since. I believe the belt was not aligned on one of the idler pulleys properly causing it to slowly make its way out of alignment on the AC compressor.

MattHoffman · 11-14-2015, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Cal3000

What belt are you running? Do you have a mechanical gauge, or are you using the torque app? I know sometimes the torque app falls out of calibration. I've had times when it read I was boosting 2 psi max. I restarted the android OS and later read 9psi. I'm on the 3.48 pulley.

Also, just check you hoses.

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Originally Posted by FyeaFRS

In regards to?

What belt are you running? I'm currently using the upgraded Gates belt.

I have a gates belt and its the right one, I have everything clamped, The boost is being read from the datalogs I am running with OFT. I am also getting the P0451 error code. If thats not related than maybe my bypass valve is letting out too much air? or, the checkvalve isn't working right??? any advice is appreciated.
also i have a catless exhaust system do you think the lack of back pressure would cause a low boost?

sirsol66 · 12-07-2015, 06:11 PM

Can anyone with this kit verify how much vacuum at idle is normal? I am logging with an OFT and only seeing 9 inches roughly.

FyeaFRS · 12-08-2015, 09:45 AM

I'll let you know this afternoon, I'm thinking like 20 on cold startup, then like 10-15. That's on an autometer mechanical vacuum/boost gauge and I think obd2/dash command was saying about the same.

Update:

So the gauge was reading about 20 at idle after warm up and the obd2 was reading about half that. So I'd say the digital readout isn't that accurate.

austin_ellas · 12-16-2015, 04:38 PM

How many miles have you guys clocked on your kits? I found a pretty good deal on one from someone local but it has about 25k miles on it. Owner only put it through 2 track days and the rest were from DD'ing. Has anybody developed problems with that kind of mileage?

FyeaFRS · 12-17-2015, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by austin_ellas

How many miles have you guys clocked on your kits? I found a pretty good deal on one from someone local but it has about 25k miles on it. Owner only put it through 2 track days and the rest were from DD'ing. Has anybody developed problems with that kind of mileage?

Only a few thousand on mine personally, but as long as they did the fluid changes as they should, it should be good to go.

JetNoise · 12-18-2015, 09:24 AM

36K km, except one belt change. Belt was OEM and has been replaced with a quality one. No tracking, only German autobahn and country roads. ;-)

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Fish Eagle · 12-18-2015, 12:10 PM

40,000kms over 2 years which includes 25 track days without any problems whatsoever.

Vortech rules!!

12-08-2015, 09:45 AM	#234
FyeaFRS Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Drives: 1992 Nissan Skyline GTS-t Type-M Location: Lancaster, PA Posts: 270 Thanks: 85 Thanked 65 Times in 42 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I'll let you know this afternoon, I'm thinking like 20 on cold startup, then like 10-15. That's on an autometer mechanical vacuum/boost gauge and I think obd2/dash command was saying about the same. Update: So the gauge was reading about 20 at idle after warm up and the obd2 was reading about half that. So I'd say the digital readout isn't that accurate. Last edited by FyeaFRS; 12-09-2015 at 07:56 AM.

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FyeaFRS Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Drives: 1992 Nissan Skyline GTS-t Type-M Location: Lancaster, PA Posts: 270 Thanks: 85 Thanked 65 Times in 42 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Had it tuned over the weekend. Making 295 @ 8.5psi

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MattHoffman Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Drives: BRZ Limited Location: Joplin Missouri Posts: 84 Thanks: 19 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I am running the 3.12 and making 7.5 peak boost... gotta be belt slip??? how do I know?

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sirsol66 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Drives: 2013 FRS- Hot Lava Location: Michigan Posts: 674 Thanks: 16 Thanked 162 Times in 115 Posts Mentioned: 4 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Can anyone with this kit verify how much vacuum at idle is normal? I am logging with an OFT and only seeing 9 inches roughly.

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austin_ellas Member Join Date: Jul 2015 Drives: Asphalt 2014 FRS Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 86 Thanks: 20 Thanked 14 Times in 10 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	How many miles have you guys clocked on your kits? I found a pretty good deal on one from someone local but it has about 25k miles on it. Owner only put it through 2 track days and the rest were from DD'ing. Has anybody developed problems with that kind of mileage?

12-18-2015, 09:24 AM	#237
JetNoise Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Drives: Toyota GT86 Location: Germany Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	36K km, except one belt change. Belt was OEM and has been replaced with a quality one. No tracking, only German autobahn and country roads. ;-) Gesendet von meinem SM-G925F mit Tapatalk

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