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The Hallman Pro with the heavy spring and non-ceramic ball is a good MBC. Is that what was used here? If it was the RX version (ceramic ball IIRC), then that's really the wrong MBC to use on this car to begin with. If it was the right Hallman, I'm surprised to see that boost curve as the ones I've had/seen are much flatter than that.
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Have a Evo 8 in currently that wanted to swap from a MBC to a GM 3port boost solenoid and use ecu-boost.
Still working on the tune and the boost curve obviously, but here are the differences so far, ecu-boost is solid line, MBC is dotted line:
Ecu-boost holds 2psi more up top (21.6psi vs 19.4psi) Still working on the boost curve, only using 84% duty cycle currently. Also notice Ecu-boost holds approx 2 psi more from 5500 rpm on. Once I get it all dialed in it should show goodness everywhere.
Evo 8 with Evo 9 turbo, cams, tbe, open air filter
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Still working on the tune and the boost curve obviously, but here are the differences so far, ecu-boost is solid line, MBC is dotted line:
Ecu-boost holds 2psi more up top (21.6psi vs 19.4psi) Still working on the boost curve, only using 84% duty cycle currently. Also notice Ecu-boost holds approx 2 psi more from 5500 rpm on. Once I get it all dialed in it should show goodness everywhere.
Evo 8 with Evo 9 turbo, cams, tbe, open air filter
Cheers.
I'm not trying to **** on anyone's bonfire, but this seems like a lot of work compared to a simple MBC. The graph would indicate that most likely this car saw an increase in HP, but a decrease in torque.
For someone tracking their car, or even auto-X, I can understand the desire for a flat and consistent boost curve. And I can see that a dyno queen would make more HP on this graph. But, what about the average street car, where torque is king?
I think I'm an average EVO daily driver and I spend most of my time in the 3,500-5,500rpm range, not the 5,500-7,500rpm range. My dream setup would be a 30psi spike tapering to 18.
So, what does ECU boot control really offer over an MBC?
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Here are some examples of finished ecu-boost curves:
Here is a good example, MBC vs ECU-boost:
Other advantages of ECU-boost vs MBC have been explained here before. In a nut shell, the system has error correction so it will do it's best to hit it's target if it's over or under it. Simply put, it will add or decrease boost to hit it's target. Holding boost up top is another advantage. I've seen 10-20whp gains from moving from a MBC to ecu-boost on the same car, with the same mods. Another advantage is 16 points of RPM tuning for the boost. You can basically make any boost curve you want.
I've also seen a GM solenoid spool larger turbos (FPgreen +) quicker.
Here is a comparison between a Evo 9 turbo with stock solenoid using ecu-boost and a FPgreen with a GM solenoid using ecu-boost. Solid line is FPgreen, as you can see you can get a FPgreen to basically spool exactly the same as a stock 9 turbo:
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great stuff. I will have to think about doing this soon. I have a MBC right now, Of course, I bought it before I got into all this cool stuff. the MBC does it's job but why use an abacus after they created computers?
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This is just to reiterate Brian's argument why ECU-controlled boost is nice and the GM 3-port.
It's possible to do reverse taper - something not possible on manual boost control I believe.
Note this is from an unfinished tune. Also this is using GM 3-port.
It's possible to do reverse taper - something not possible on manual boost control I believe.
Note this is from an unfinished tune. Also this is using GM 3-port.
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