genuine honest person Member 2,769 Member For: 10y 2m 26d Gender: Male Location: near brisbane Posted 19/08/14 07:24 AM Share Posted 19/08/14 07:24 AM just got of the phone from my tuner ,and he said that my turbosmart actuator is no good .has anyone been in this situation . its only new but they say no mater they are no good at all to use .they believe the reason my ba runs only a 2.2 60"is that the wastgate opens up under low revs ,and high revs . they also said that they would take the car up to about 400 hp (currently 381 hp ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber Carnage on the Garage Floor Donating Members 3,994 Member For: 13y 11m 12d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 19/08/14 10:46 AM Share Posted 19/08/14 10:46 AM Unfortunate. Some tuners don't seem to like them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 17y 10m 27d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 19/08/14 11:11 AM Share Posted 19/08/14 11:11 AM what spring do you have fitted and what boost are you aiming for?tuned with SCT or HP? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genuine honest person Member 2,769 Member For: 10y 2m 26d Gender: Male Location: near brisbane Posted 19/08/14 11:35 AM Author Share Posted 19/08/14 11:35 AM (edited) I have a 7 psi spring fitted ,and a sct .also have flapper mod and a 6 plus 6 turbo wheel on a standard ba turbo housing .RDP said to see if I have it in the right tune ,so I changed from 12 psi tune to 8 psi tune .the 8 psi tune sits on 18 psi all the way to redline 6000 rpm WTF (autometre gages )the tune is a lot smother than the 12 psi one .I am lost how a 7 psi spring can boost all the way to 18 psi ?. RDP was going to charge me to change actuator $450 and to retune $450 . total of $900 . what should I do as I have no idea .I do not want to keep throwing money away .how can a 280 rwkw and 878 nm car only run 13.35 down the strip ,with a 2.19 60" that has 3.9 diff gears and running semi slicks (had no wheel spin ) ps RDP only tuned it about a month ago but never said nothing about the actuator before ,only when I complained about the 13.35 time Edited 19/08/14 11:38 AM by gunna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old_mate Member 767 Member For: 18y 2m 10d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 19/08/14 12:13 PM Share Posted 19/08/14 12:13 PM well. You could spend another 900 thereorspend 900 at another tuner who will probably sort it all out. including a full retune from scratch.I don't like to bad mouth tuners whom haven't done wrong by me however three of my mates have now decided to go elsewhere after being long term customers of RDP - of which all spent bulk cash along the way. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dez72 Member 29 Member For: 10y 2m 7d Gender: Male Location: Cairns Posted 19/08/14 03:46 PM Share Posted 19/08/14 03:46 PM I hope mines ok...just fitted a 7 psi turbosmart. Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genuine honest person Member 2,769 Member For: 10y 2m 26d Gender: Male Location: near brisbane Posted 19/08/14 08:54 PM Author Share Posted 19/08/14 08:54 PM going to have another talk with them today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjc Donating Members 2,812 Member For: 20y 7m 19d Gender: Male Location: Townsville Posted 20/08/14 05:15 AM Share Posted 20/08/14 05:15 AM What was the MPH for your runs gunna? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellato Donating Members 2,713 Member For: 13y 6m 3d Posted 20/08/14 06:09 AM Share Posted 20/08/14 06:09 AM Is this a problem for all turbosmart actuators? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genuine honest person Member 2,769 Member For: 10y 2m 26d Gender: Male Location: near brisbane Posted 20/08/14 06:24 AM Author Share Posted 20/08/14 06:24 AM they were constant at 106.97 mph on all runs except one 106.69 mph . the actuators so RDP are sh*t do not use them .even after I phoned them today they believe that the actuator is stuffed . he also said that my boost gauge must be stuffed as well . as the 8 psi tune reads 18 psi WTF ,I have autometer cobalt electronic boost gauge . I personally starting to think that these are not broken at all ,it might just be that RDP are wrong .I am no mechanic so I have no answers why all this is happening to me .all I know is I have no money to fix this at the moment .$900 is a lot at the moment to me . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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