D0W3RK Finally Turbo!, New Intercooler Options

[d0w0rkS0n]

so after a lot of wait and gathering of parts... that car is Boosted. dyno sheet will be up when i can scan it. but it did 160 to the wheels on 5lbs. had to stop before it kept going higher due to Boost creeping. :-\ but ill have pics up and dyno soon!!

feels great

thanks for all the help everyone who has given me advice and parts along the way!!


-Allen





and now my next step is to restore those blue radiator hoses and stuff to black. blue looks so .... yea. haha

This post has been edited by d0w0rkS0n: Apr 2, 2009 - 11:25 AM

[jcaron9gt4]

Yea, it sounds like a boost leak somewhere. Check everything, your whole route of piping to see if there's any rips, leaks, anything in the couplers that would cause air to come out. Don't just check the most prone spots, check everything and you should find it.

[d0w0rkS0n]

Yea, it sounds like a boost leak somewhere. Check everything, your whole route of piping to see if there's any rips, leaks, anything in the couplers that would cause air to come out. Don't just check the most prone spots, check everything and you should find it.

ok ill check into it. i checked the front of the intercooler and those couplers. you could see and rub off some oil from underneath the couplers. so my thought is obvious that there must be some kind of gap on the coupler if the blow by is getting the outside of my intercooler