is it uncommon to be only boosting 100kpa (14.5psi) with a stage 2 kit?
i have never been able to bypass that.

 

I've been getting at least 17 psi

 

14.5 is about what I get when i glance at the meter. This should be ok if you don't have any other mods or anything since the stage 2 says "gains of 2 psi" over the stock 12.5. There are two things to consider:

1. The stock boost gauge is not always 100% accurate
2. When I am driving hard I don't really have time to glance at the meter at higher RPMs when the boost is at its peak to see what boost I am getting. I think i glanced once and saw around 15.

After I had stage 2 installed it made the car pull like crazy, so I am not really concerned over what the meter wants to say.