Loved seeing the video of your first cruise! Bet that felt good!
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Loved seeing the video of your first cruise! Bet that felt good!
I decided to dump the wastegate into the exhaust. It’s so hard to weld a thin heat cycled piece of 409 to 304 with a stick welder. It’s easy to weld 16ga or larger metal though. I think it turned out pretty good after fighting with it.
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Awesome job man!!
Any plans to try to hit the track before the white stuff flies?
Nice job Joe. Good to see it moving over asphalt.
Flames are Cool !!!
Me too, I made more tuning progress today than I did in the last two weeks. I was wondering why I wasn’t making any boost and I just found a loose clamp to the intercooler behind the passenger headlight. I’ll have to wait till later this week to try. I just need to get the car to come down to idle slower. It overshoots and dies sometimes at stop signs.
they really are and they are very attention getting,lol!
I hope you get that 11!
Funny story yesterday I was going around within a mile of my house trying to get my drivability right. A guy in a Prius started yelling at me while at a stop light. Unfortunately I couldn’t hear him over my exhaust,haha.
Finally got to give the car some gas and it wasn’t showing any boost. I found some boost leaks yesterday. It was leaking heavily around the back of the intake and around the a lot of the vacuum port points. That’s all fixed now except for the brake booster port which I should have fixed tomorrow.
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I accidentally found the above 1:24 model online so I bought it.
I like the model!!
Hope you have the boost leaks fixed now. If not just crank it up more!!
Found a leaking V-band before the turbo. As soon as put the car back together I’ll see if it makes boost.
Still having boost issues. Found that I’m having leaking issues. Using water, soap and a shop vac to find my leaks. Sealed up one of three pipes before the turbo today. Also purchased a more forgiving exhaust manifold gasket and vband seals.
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Got some slit wire loom for Christmas. Cleaned up the engine bay this morning.
I been hunting for my boost leak and I can hear it under the intake manifold. I found I can buy a new GM one for 120 dollars with all the gaskets and seals so I did that. I installed the map sensor and air sensor this morning by increasing the hole opening size to accommodate them. I also decided to get a bigger intercooler while I’m at it. After I get the boost issue resolved I’ll install it in place of the current one.
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Hope that fixes it for ya. Going to be cool to see it make some passes with some boost!
Didn’t fix it. Not 100% sure where I’m loosing the pressure. I have some exhaust plates on their way to block off the heads output. I don’t remembered having these issues boost testing 4 cylinder cars. Not sure if I need to clock the motor a certain way.
That sucks. You'd think it would be just the same. 0 pressure?