Just got the renntech tune - but having trouble with turbos

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Oct 8, 2017 | 12:10 AM
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It seems like there is boost issue of some sort, when punching it the turbos will all of a sudden stop working like the pressure becomes to high and they shut off to save the motor etc. I thought renntech made solid tune jobs where you wouldn’t have t worry about hurting your equipment. Can anyone shed some light on my issue ?
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Oct 8, 2017 | 06:19 PM
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Quote: It seems like there is boost issue of some sort, when punching it the turbos will all of a sudden stop working like the pressure becomes to high and they shut off to save the motor etc. I thought renntech made solid tune jobs where you wouldn’t have t worry about hurting your equipment. Can anyone shed some light on my issue ?
Check your fuel, may be sensing some knock. What octane are you running? Try mixing a couple gallons of 100 and see if it stops.
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Oct 10, 2017 | 02:54 PM
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Did you get the 93 octane tune? there is a slightly lesser tune that is set to run on 91 octane. I'm considering it, too.
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Nov 12, 2017 | 11:19 PM
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Any updates here?
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Nov 27, 2017 | 10:42 PM
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Quote: It seems like there is boost issue of some sort, when punching it the turbos will all of a sudden stop working like the pressure becomes to high and they shut off to save the motor etc. I thought renntech made solid tune jobs where you wouldn’t have t worry about hurting your equipment. Can anyone shed some light on my issue ?
Exactly the same issue I am having, checked with them several times and they keep saying nothing wrong with the tune.
IN E Mode everything is fine, smooth etc. Sport mode has a sensitive throttle response but once you WOT around 3500rpm upwards, there is a very noticeable hestitation around 4000, 4800 rpm.
It feels like a cuts out power for a brief moment and resumes again, so the result is the acceleration is not very smooth WOT. If you feather it or only 75% throttle then it seems fine.

Disappointed with this tune actually and no solution - checked fuel (98 octane) new plugs, air filters new BMC.
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