Now I know why my car was boosting funny and "had a leak" Options

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Wastegate was dangling by ONE bolt!

No clue how it got to that point.


My friend tightened all the hardware, replaced gaskets and everything is merry. Car is pulling very hard now. He alligned it...now it drives straight like an arrow...until boosting. Torque steer is still an issue. I wish it was a little bit but it's too much. Either pulls to one side or the other. Another friend of mine drove it and he got scared and almost hit the curb. And he drives an 11 second flat Mirage. Anyway, the serious stuff will happen next month...I'll be able to install the EMS and the forged goodies. Anybody have a cure for torque steer? I have never experience such amount in any other turbo FWD car.

[Silver94CelicaOw...]

Thats a downside to high horsepower applications with an auto transmission......its harder to manipulate boost like you can with a manual transmission, like more of a point and shoot sort of dealm instead.

My friends WRX is auto, and its a little tricky sometimes to really control the boost. If I'm driving it in bad weather or snow I always accelerate easy otherwise the thing will want to take off running, although its not so unstable with AWD to keep things secure.


They do make mechanisms that allow you to manually shift your A/T, I think level 10 makes a good one. Maybe the new torque converter, manual electronic shift and transmission cooler with a little heavier trans oil will help out the situation......using a slightly heavier oil will help the transission to shift more positively without all the slipping.


EDIT- I'd like to see the videos too, I just remember seeing the one where you drive up to the dog and pet him.

This post has been edited by Silver94CelicaOwner: May 11, 2006 - 6:13 PM