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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 10:43 PM
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not leaving you.. just will have a different car! hahaha..

but it wont be till 2010 anyway.. after iraq.
Old Jan 8, 2009 | 10:50 PM
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yeah it would suck without someone starting trouble here on the forums that has the gusto like yourself
Old Jan 8, 2009 | 11:04 PM
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cant nobody take my pride... cant nobody hold me down.. oh nooooo i got to keep on moving..
Old Jan 8, 2009 | 11:06 PM
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lol
Old Jan 11, 2009 | 12:15 AM
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oil catch can is in but only with the help of mr. dremel master himself..mr. aka whers my wingman, aka Fantastic G...lol





Old Jan 11, 2009 | 04:20 AM
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w3rd :D

I thought about pictures after you left... but I figured you had a camera.

Clean installation FTW!
Old Jan 11, 2009 | 11:57 AM
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yeah i meant to bring my camera to your house but forgot
Old Jan 11, 2009 | 01:16 PM
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clean install chris! where does the other hose go? is it recircd to the intake manifold? im planning to just put a filter on one port..
ill take pics of mine when i get my polished valve cover in
Old Jan 11, 2009 | 02:09 PM
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it goes from the valve cover to the intake pipe in between the maf and turbo.
Old Jan 13, 2009 | 05:38 AM
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cool.. i just did mine, that stainless braided line is tough to stretch lol, its a lil shy in size but i managed to get it on the valve cover
Old Jan 13, 2009 | 10:26 AM
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well picks?
Old Jan 13, 2009 | 12:10 PM
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Thats seems like a good spot for the catch can. I wish I could put it there, lol.

I have my ballasts in that spot =p

I guess i'll take a shot of my super secret engine bay later today, lmao.

Its really dirty >.<
Old Jan 14, 2009 | 09:29 PM
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I posted pics of my catch can on my thread.. its ok but i like it lol
Old Jan 18, 2009 | 03:11 PM
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iv come to the conclusion that either my boost controller is effed or my wastgate is messed up. Im thinking its the boost controller though. With the boost controller off and running off of wastgate spring everything is gravy, but if i turn my boost controller on and try to go past 8psi it will not go past 8psi for a sec and surge a couple of times and then it will go to a higher psi. I was also thinking it could be tune or maybe spark plugs. Im not really sure whats going on but what i do know is just running off of wastgate spring im golden.
Old Jan 18, 2009 | 03:21 PM
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should be the boost controller.. anyway you can adjust wastegate opening like having it open early to avoid boost creep?
Old Jan 18, 2009 | 03:32 PM
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no mine is an mbc that has an on/off switch so you can run wastgate spring in the off position
Old Jan 18, 2009 | 03:52 PM
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just went crazy all of the sudden? most mbc i've heard are damn consistent.. check the solenoid for some dirt maybe, and your have checked for boost leaks?
Old Jan 18, 2009 | 03:58 PM
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dont have any leaks that i know of.......i found something interesting though, i data logged a run wher i was running off of wastgate spring, now the spring is supposed to be a 8.7psi spring but iv only seen 7psi from my boost gauge. well the log said i was running 8.6psi. the log gets its info from the internal map sensor in the fic. the funny thing is they both get ther vac source from the same place........vac block...so i dont think my boost gauge is very accurate.
Old Jan 18, 2009 | 04:01 PM
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since my mbc uses a 12volt lead to turn on i was thinking that it could be a loose connection inside the boost controller itself. My air filter has been beating the ____ outa my mbc for a while now so it could be that its been knocking the mbc retarded causing a loose internal connection.
Old Jan 23, 2009 | 10:48 PM
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hey wuzup brethen! whats new? getting ready for your new kit?



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