Anyone bought their tickets for HIN this saturday yet?
and who is going?

 

^ Damn, Wish I could go, but I have two very important things on saturday afternoon

 

Hey guys, the chatroom feels lonely all by itself http://blog.1upcrew.com/1upchat/

 

joe do you ever read back pages??

I JUST SAID HOW TO DO IT HELLLOOOO

thanks... it feels

 

So in case anyone has an exhaust leak, exhaust wrap is good for a temporary fix (i'm still leaking air, but much less)

JB weld sucks at high temps, its turns to dust (literally).

All the autozone/pepboys crap stuff for the exhaust repair is trash for use on the manifold, probably would only help with down pipe/s-pipe/catback for a little while.

Waiting on the hi-temp lab metal epoxy, this week, hopefully it'll have different results.

 

who told you jb weld is good for using it as an exhuast leak repair. that stuff is mostly for leaky trannys and blocks.. for temp fixes in metal cracks

what you should have done is used this


^^ runs about a few bucks and u can get it at any autozone/pepboys/ etc etc...

find the one that says high temp copper and get the one for 500+ degrees of heat or higher...

let it cure for a few hours.. thats it

...i would also advise using a copper gasket... u can also use a copper gasket in conjunction with the sealer... you should also make sure both flanges are completely even and str8.. if not they will never seal and you will always have a leak.

 

No one told me lol, I just wanted to see how it would hold up I guess the exhaust leak won.

I have a thick copper gasket in between the turbo and the manifold. I think the gasket is as even as possible. From what I can see. The bolts are torqued down as much as I could.

I'll buy that hi-temp copper sealant today, and test it out. Since the other stuff I ordered won't be here until some time this friday/saturday.

If none of that works, i'll take out the manifold & turbo in january, check/replace gasket, and torque it down at a shop.

 

you might have over tightend the bolts on to the gasket.. either way.. the high temp sealer should to the job

 

Dont worry i believe you, i meant it in the way that even though you have instructions for every step, things dont always go as planned...at least for me things never work out perfect..

 

There is a possibility that I might have over tightened the bolts

I just went to pepboys during my lunch break. I got the hi-temp copper gasket sealer. I'll probably put it on around 8pm, and let it cure until tomorrow 8am. I hope thats long enough for it to cure, some take 15hrs.

After that seals, i'll put the exhaust wrap around it for extra support, and to keep temps down =D

So lets see if this works this time. Either way i'm having fun boosting (with a smaller air leak) right now lol.

 

talk about that day with that dudes header!!! OMG what a PITA!!!!!!

 

When is dyno day???
How many dyno run???
How long do they usually last???

Just wondering, so I can tune some areas on the fuel map I haven't been able to hit.

Street tuning takes some time to get it justttt right, but i'm happy with the results so far.

Hey if I had a dual exhaust, I probably would have had double flames

 

you should try to make the flames bigger

 

you might have to do the dyno tuning on a different day. i think dyno days are only for baseline runs (just see how much power you're putting down). im just assuming this because a dyno tune can take a few hours.

 

I actually thought about it!! I would leave the car @ idle and go WOT to see what cells on the fuel map its hits, and I would richen that area only. I'm thinkin probably around 11-11.5 afr

You know it could definitely work. I'd be willing to try it once at least, for ***** and giggles.

 

Dam, then its useless for me as far as tuning goes. I would need at least 30minutes to tune some areas, at most like 1 hr.

Oh well at least I see how much my car is putting to the wheels.

 

hey guys, any stickers I should get for the dyno day?

 

^^ yea i think u should have one that says

FKURTRBO!

 

^ ROFL!!! I should soo invest in one of those, that should get me at least 150 HP right?

 

Maaan if the WX gave you 50hp..just imagine how much you'll get that from that one. ITS CRAZY