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[Buick] what do i need to run 10psi

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Hi I have a vn v6 that I am going to turbo and need a some help the vn has about 300.000k on it what do i need to get it run 10psi i have got a t3\t4 turbo and all the little bit, turbo manifolds, Wastegate with 9-11 PSi spring.
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It will blow the head gasket, i would be putting a gasket kit through it first, but a couple things would be bigger injectors 39-42flow, double valve springs, 2 bar maps sensor, all the nitty grittys, do you have a full turbo kit?
 

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no i don't, just have dump pipe, bov, turbo, manifolds, Wastegate
 

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yip 2 bar map sensor 36lb SC V6 injectors and give it some head and inlet gaskets should be good to go. you can do it without the gaskets but it sure beats pulling all the manifolds off again to replace them when it happens.youll need a tune for the bigger injectors and 2 bar map sensor thats easy got though. should be ok for at least 16psi stock.
 

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i'd leave the headgaskets alone for now. there is a guy on that other commodore forum that was running 19lbs on a stock VR donk and it only blew the gaskets when it overboosted to 21lbs after a boost controller failure. it did have a good tune though. he then fitted some permaseal headgaskets (couldn't get genuine headgaskets) after a quick home porting job and those gaskets failed after one pull on the dyno during the next tuning session.

headgaskets generally blow from to greater cylinder pressures which is generally a sign of to much ignition timing

read PSI instead of lbs :p
 
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do i need to upgrade the ecu for the 2 bar maps sensor and V6 supercharged injectors
 

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just the chip that goes in the ecu the 2 bar plugs in ok with one little peice of plastic removed.injectors direct fit too.
 

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i'd leave the headgaskets alone for now. there is a guy on that other commodore forum that was running 19lbs on a stock VR donk and it only blew the gaskets when it overboosted to 21lbs after a boost controller failure. it did have a good tune though. he then fitted some permaseal headgaskets (couldn't get genuine headgaskets) after a quick home porting job and those gaskets failed after one pull on the dyno during the next tuning session.

headgaskets generally blow from to greater cylinder pressures which is generally a sign of to much ignition timing

totslly agree with that old gaskets would be well stuck on now and be less likely to blow. Boost and too much pressure tends to lift the heads up allowing gaskets to blow which is why head stud are great they have higher a torque and greater clamping force
 

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just the chip that goes in the ecu the 2 bar plugs in ok with one little peice of plastic removed.injectors direct fit too.


do you know where i can get the chip from for 2 bar map and how much thank
 

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theres a base tune on here somewhere if you know someone with a chip burner or i could slap one on a chip for you for pretty cheap
 
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