First ride with the st205 installed...., Someone want to explain why I have so much boost!???? Options

[injection]

Dudes, WOW are these things fast!! Had no idea it would be this quick....when I first laid into it, it actually kind of scared me....then when I changed gears to third from second, followed by the first whoooooooosh!!! Sound of my blitz d drive BOV, I feel like I'm in love, lol, but I do have a question for you guys, I thought factory 205's were around 13 psi boost.......mine for some reason is hitting 17-18 in second 15-16 in third and 14-15 in fourth, and I believe the same in 5th, is this something to be mindful of, is it hurting my baby, or perhaps I lucked out and got a WRC motor! But I don't know the boost settings on that motor, so I don't know????? Any input from you brothers and sisters would be awesome,
PS: safe celicaing

[texasnick]

I can confirm, I have a WRC and stock it boosted to 13 psi in gear 2 and up.

I have a full 3" exhaust from the turbo back and I'm still only at about 13-14 psi. I also have a high flow cat welded in the mid-pipe.
Lots of people with gen 3's run with around 17 psi. I personally wouldn't go higher than that. 18 is getting close to fuel cut. In the long run, the more you're hitting 17 psi, logically the more wear and tear you're going to subject the engine / turbo to. Fuel cut (if it's still able to do so) won't let you boost to engine-killing levels.

How is boost being controlled currently?