sup ppl i just got my swap done which is CA18det in s13
everything works good except turbo lag thing or what ever it calls
problem is when im on first gear car goese very slow like 1-3k rpm then after
3k turbo starts pull then gets faster i dont know if you guys had this problem
anyway my friend told me i should get blow off valve + wastegate
what you guys think?
oh btw im running side mount

 

wow...

 

Welcome to the world of 4 cylinders

 

Wastegate and bov comes stock on CAs.
As they said it.... there's no replacement for displacement.

 

Just get a VTEC head and set it at like..idle...

 

Give the kid a break.

Changing out either the stock BOV and or wastegate (actuator in this case) won't cure the lag problem. 3k full boost isn't bad, when some people are hitting full boost past 4k+.

 

Other than running nitrous to spool the turbo all the time and refilling the bottle like 5 times a day, theres nothing you can do about it. Turbo lag is the nature of the beast and you should be glad it spools at 3k as has already been stated, since some people don't spool till 4-5k depending on the turbo.

 

Or....Run with no down pipe, with a hybrid T3/4 turbo, and set idle at 3k, it will spool no time.

 

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Back on topic, yes it does take a little to spool, my CA spools in the same area, nothing to get worried about all turbo cars take time to spool, check to see if your Diverter Valve (BOV) is hooked up to the proper lines, this valve is intended to put the excess pressure released when shifting back into the intake side, this might make your car feel A LITTLE better, probably not a big difference though, the only other thing that can help spool faster is either some how gain a little displacement (stoker/bore or track down a CA20 block, ive heard those work) wastegate only controls what PSI you stop building pressure at, and the blow off valve (which on a stock CA is actually a Diverter Valve, meant to recirculate the excess boost) just releases excess pressure to protect your turbo from turbo surge, so neither will change the characteristics of spooling. if you have money, a new exhuast manifold might help too, higher exhaust flow can spool the turbo faster, hope this helps

 

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