Was the car still “cold?” Until the car reaches 60 C, the car will stay in safety mode. As soon as the temp is above 60 C, you’ll get full boost.
But like I said before;
No… Click HERE for a list of what causes safety boost. Run ECU Diagnosis (Click HERE) before you go insane speculating about what it could be.
Safety Boost = 5-6PSI.
Safety Boost doesn’t stop the car from building boost completely. But that small drop makes for a large power decrease, relative to the stock output of the car (around 50whp, so around 20% whp drop.) Safety Boost changes the fuel maps as well.
:word: Pulling the motor would be harder than just doing the gaskets in-car.