boost pressure limits tmic

[Ed Doe]

I assume you're still running a stock turbo? Basically the stock turbos are on the limit of their efficiency if pushed much past stock... The stock top-mount will not manage to cool the charge much if you push the stock T2/K14, meaning the charge temp will quickly increase and you'll get more smoke (less dense air being hotter).

Really the best thing to do is uprate the turbo to something that will flow a lot more air, as this will not heat the charge so much, meaning the extra air it's flowing will also be more dense = more power.

In short, you wont blow anything up if you max the stock turbo, but the tmic wont keep up cooling it, so it'll heatsoak quite quickly, and reduce the power a bit. I'd just wind it up and rag on though tbh...