Feels like I haven't been on these boards in months, happy new year people

Some of you may know my bro has a 306 1.9td. He's looking for a little more power and I heard that by tuning the wastegate valve on the turbo to 1.5bar, and fitting a full exhaust system and an induction kit can give close to 130bhp. Can anyone tell me how safe this is? Is the engine likely to last only another 10k miles?

Cheers for any help

The car should run 15psi happily on the std fueling, ive heard of some running 19psi with the fueling adjusted, but I doubt the tiny TD turbo could cope with 1.5 bar (22.5psi)

Dead easy to adjust though (once you can get to the actuator which is between the engine and bulkhead on the 306's).

If it has and adjustable actuator - lengthen it, or he could fit a bleed valve. Make sure he has a boost gauge fitted though, to check his boost pressure

Nice one Stu, so you think it'd be okay at 19psi? He was gonna adjust the fueling to match anyway. I'll make sure he gets a boost gauge to make sure he's not running too much. Thanks again for the help mate

If he get the fueling set up, 19psi should be ok engine wise, though Im not sure how long the turbo will last

15psi should be safe with just a boost adjustment

Cheers

Did he ever go thru with this matey

He hasn't yet, he's just been saving and bought some alloys for it so i think it's the next job on the list

Jimbo have you seent he Lexus style lights for the 306 on Ebay? they go for about £25-30 which is a steal compared to other models.

My bro just wants his car to look smart, not modded. Thanks anyway dave.