I have the HOT PPE and I am only running it one the #3 of 4 settings (cause of clutch problems) and I am seeing a steady 27 psi and this is still with the clutch still slipping. When I put it on the higher level I should see even higher right. Stock I built 22psi, Hypertech 25psi, and now level 3 27 is that normal for a stock wastegate or did the person before me possible change it to a big head or something. I thought that the way evenyone talked 22psi should have been the highest I could ever see with a stock wastegate. I would not see a real need to change the stock set up if I can almost reach max boost with the stock set up. Does an extra 2-3psi make that much of a difference. I would think that with the chip on the top level I will be about 30psi if I gained 2psi of boost just from a 50HP increase over the Hypertech I had before. On level three of HOT I think that might put me at 150RWHP and the Hypertech was 96RWHP. Next set up from level 3 to 4 is about a 75RWHP jump maybe. Just saying off the top of my head I know I could be wrong. Other then the big head giving better hold off pressure due to stiffer spring what would be the use of all the bleed off valves and set ups out there? I just think risking a turbo of 1 or 2 psi of boost is iffy. But if it gives that much better preformance then yes I can see why but I think with the way this thing builds boost I have no need for anything but the stock set up cause on the top level I think I could be very close to seeing 30psi. Please tell me what ya'll think.
Thanks
Nathan

a stock wastegate will be able to hit that high of boost. you may have a big head though. Look at the rod that goes from the diaphram down to the WG deal itself. if its a thin one peice its stock, if its a threaded deal its the banks. I swung 30ish stock unmolested, moved the WG seensing line from pre IC to post IC and picked up about 1 PSI.