Over the course of the past two months, I have been dealing with Mountune for multiple issues, the biggest being that I was not generating advertised HP. I know that many variables come into play here but I was not even close. Randy told me that I should see 27.5 lbs of boost, the highest I saw for a while was 19 lbs at 80% WG duty cycle. I did not want to go any further in fear of my WG failing and just gave up.
Randy had me check for all sorts of things. He was helpful in the sense that he had me looking at certain things, however, the frequency of responses were anywhere from 1-2 weeks at a time. Maybe I should have had it done professionally, you ask? I wanted the gratification for myself. He had me looking at boost leaks which revealed two at the BOV, this got me up to 23.5 - 24 (rarely, and yes this was my fault, not Mountune's).
He then told me that he believed my WG was preloaded from the factory incorrectly. The only way to adjust it would be to drop the turbo. I decided to accept that I was stuck with lackluster power and started exploring my options of the X47R. The only way I would drop the turbo again is if I were to replace it. This sounds silly but for those of you who have attempted this know this is a bear without a lift or a professional arsenal of tools.
Jason with Dizzy (love you man!!!) heard my frustrations on another post of mine and offered his help. He looked at my logs and agreed that something was very wrong and a lot of power was left on the table. I got under the car again and put a wrench on everything that I touched during installation. Nothing else found. After about 2,000 miles later (daily driver), my power began to degrade and valve chatter and turbo whistle got louder and louder. I finally got some time this afternoon to get her up on jacks and found that EVERY single bolt connecting the DP flange to the hotside compressor was loose with one nearly falling out completely I had a gap between the adapter and the compressor roughly an 1/8." Mind you, this flang is already bolted together when it arrives. It is preassembled, I would not think I would have to check these as I trusted the manufacturer.
I retorqued these and bingo! 27 psi now.... My post is to inform those of you with MRX kits to get under there and check your bolts so you do not have the same issue as me. I think I got lucky in a sense that I have stock exhaust and was able to tell that something was amiss. If I had an exhaust kit I am fearful that I would not have been able to hear the changes.
When you spend $2k for an upgrade, you expect top-notch quality and customer service, both have been subpar to say the least. I have learned my lesson and will check torques on everthing I can put a wrench on from now when I receive a part. I will not buy from Mountune again. I have emailed Mountune and I am waiting a response. I will update when I hear more.
Randy had me check for all sorts of things. He was helpful in the sense that he had me looking at certain things, however, the frequency of responses were anywhere from 1-2 weeks at a time. Maybe I should have had it done professionally, you ask? I wanted the gratification for myself. He had me looking at boost leaks which revealed two at the BOV, this got me up to 23.5 - 24 (rarely, and yes this was my fault, not Mountune's).
He then told me that he believed my WG was preloaded from the factory incorrectly. The only way to adjust it would be to drop the turbo. I decided to accept that I was stuck with lackluster power and started exploring my options of the X47R. The only way I would drop the turbo again is if I were to replace it. This sounds silly but for those of you who have attempted this know this is a bear without a lift or a professional arsenal of tools.
Jason with Dizzy (love you man!!!) heard my frustrations on another post of mine and offered his help. He looked at my logs and agreed that something was very wrong and a lot of power was left on the table. I got under the car again and put a wrench on everything that I touched during installation. Nothing else found. After about 2,000 miles later (daily driver), my power began to degrade and valve chatter and turbo whistle got louder and louder. I finally got some time this afternoon to get her up on jacks and found that EVERY single bolt connecting the DP flange to the hotside compressor was loose with one nearly falling out completely I had a gap between the adapter and the compressor roughly an 1/8." Mind you, this flang is already bolted together when it arrives. It is preassembled, I would not think I would have to check these as I trusted the manufacturer.
I retorqued these and bingo! 27 psi now.... My post is to inform those of you with MRX kits to get under there and check your bolts so you do not have the same issue as me. I think I got lucky in a sense that I have stock exhaust and was able to tell that something was amiss. If I had an exhaust kit I am fearful that I would not have been able to hear the changes.
When you spend $2k for an upgrade, you expect top-notch quality and customer service, both have been subpar to say the least. I have learned my lesson and will check torques on everthing I can put a wrench on from now when I receive a part. I will not buy from Mountune again. I have emailed Mountune and I am waiting a response. I will update when I hear more.
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