Hello all,

So I used to own a BA XR6T, and have recently purchased a BF XR6T. After having it for a few days I have noticed that it is really down on power, so I threw a cheap boost gauge in it to see what it was doing and..

Boost gauge only reads 0-2psi giving it the beans. Vac line for gauge is going directly to manifold where bov line was (bov removed).

I've checked all the cooler pipes, gave the boost solenoid a quick clean and had a quick look at the compressor wheel... and I cant find anything wrong.

Anything else I should check before shelling out for a tuner to have a look??

is the car stock?

when u checked pipes did you also check the joiners? the stock joiners are chit also

The biggest culprit is usually the pipe between the crossover and the throttle body. Bit hard to see or get your hands around the bottom so might be best to get someone else to rev the car while you feel around the pipes for leaks.

Yeah in my old BA I split that crossover joiner, doesn't seem to be leaking, cant hear anything coming from it. The car has a CAPA tuner box and a typhoon intercooler, I believe that is about the extent of the mods.

Could a clogged cat be the cause?

Yes...

Going to loop the boost solenoid vac line to the actuator tomorrow, see if I can pin point whether the solenoid / actuator is buggered.

Was going to suggest collapsed cat

Well I looped the vac line from compressor housing to actuator, still no boost. So tomorrow I will change out the actuator for my 12psi one, and check the cat... hopefully one of those things fixes the problems

Yeh 90% of the time its the cat from my experience

Well I'll be pulling the dump off tomorrow to check the wastegate, and be checking the cat.... I'm really hoping its the cat