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Sweet, finally some pics!!!! only thing i'd suggest is rerouting the hoses that run over the intake at the TB. Run them under the intake pipe and it will look much cleaner.
 
glad to hear/see things are moving along in the right direction.

In the future you should be able to vent to atomosphere if you choose, just need to ensure your BOV does not leak. My RFL leaked bad and I had many of the issues you described.

When is switched to the HKS all of them disappeared.
 
Sho, that is good to know, this thing is way to quiet! I have the strongest spring in the BOV and it still leaks air. It has been 2 days now since I put the hose on and it is running great. It stalls at a stop, if I had just gotten on it before the stop. It's funny but it doesn't seem to pull as hard now that it is running right. That just may be because it isn't as loud, but it feels that way. It still smells a tad rich, but Joey should be able to get that squared away. I am supposed to meet up with Imnotacop this weekend to pick up the AEM wideband. I'll get some completed pics this weekend. I'll check my video camera, it has tapes but I thinkl it will record to a memory card as well. Rawburt, I was going to get some more hoses and clean it up, definately. Heck, I'm glad it 's running! I really hate how it pulls on the hose that comes out of the IMRC cover. I have to wash up the bay and tuck some stuff out of sight, that is this weekend. I just returned from a SWAT function as Palin is in town. Not much sleep tonight and I have be be back to work at midnight! And McCain is coming Monday. Thanks for all the help guys!
 
RawBurt said:
Sweet, finally some pics!!!! only thing i'd suggest is rerouting the hoses that run over the intake at the TB. Run them under the intake pipe and it will look much cleaner.
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and install a WeaponR coolant tank powdercoated the same blue as the strut brace! :drool:
 
It is supposed to be 68 degrees Thursday, a far cry from the 40 and windy today. I'm getting the o2 bung put in tomorrow for the wideband. I've gotta find a better camera for calender submission pics!


Rod
 
2kSVT said:
So, we have a leak somewhere that is pulling in unmetered air after the MAF, thus scewing the numbers and making it run lean. Well we find the leak. We had a pipe that did not fit quite right. The 90 elbow coming off the cold side of the turbo needed to step down to properly seal the piping going to the MAF. We bought a section of 3" pipe and a 3" to 2 1/2" adapter, cut a short section of the 3" pipe and attached it all together.
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Sounds like you had the same problem - and solution - that I had!

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^^^^ Exactly the same thing I ran into on my kit as well. Has this been resolved on the later kits from joey, or are people still experiencing it?
 
I don't believe I have this issue. the pipe out of the maf is 3" and so was the inlet into the turbo. however the clamp doesn't sit to well because of the curve of the pipe. but then again yesterday in the cold I was running plenty rich to be safe.
 
BrApple said:
I don't believe I have this issue. the pipe out of the maf is 3" and so was the inlet into the turbo. however the clamp doesn't sit to well because of the curve of the pipe. but then again yesterday in the cold I was running plenty rich to be safe.
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Yeah, once you go from the 2.5" intake pipe to the 3.0" intake pipe, the problem is no longer the diameter of the silicone coupler but rather the curvature of the pipe. One day after the kinks are ironed out, I will replace most of the silicone sections with pipe.
 
SoopaCooga said:
Yeah, once you go from the 2.5" intake pipe to the 3.0" intake pipe, the problem is no longer the diameter of the silicone coupler but rather the curvature of the pipe. One day after the kinks are ironed out, I will replace most of the silicone sections with pipe.
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I'm pretty sure all of my intake pipes are 3". I seem to recall getting a 3 to 3.5" and 3 to 4" coupler so that I could use the 80mm maf and maf adaptor. that would mean I have a 3" to 3" 90 degree elbow for the turbo inlet.
 
BrApple said:
I'm pretty sure all of my intake pipes are 3". I seem to recall getting a 3 to 3.5" and 3 to 4" coupler so that I could use the 80mm maf and maf adaptor. that would mean I have a 3" to 3" 90 degree elbow for the turbo inlet.
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That sounds right. In my case, though, I started off with a 2.5" intake to use with the stock MAF.
 
SoopaCooga said:
That sounds right. In my case, though, I started off with a 2.5" intake to use with the stock MAF.
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well that is the thing, I was going to start with the stock maf also. I have two straight 3" couplers that would have been used for the maf that I didn't/couldn't use since I desided to use the 80mm after I ordered my kit and I sourced the maf on my own.
 
Yeah, that pic is kinda what we did at first. The cold side of the turbo is 3" and 90'ed into a 2.5" intake. I had to get a piece of pipe, and then a step down coupler. I would like to find a 90 that is 3" and 2.5" on the other side..if they exist. It made the intake more of a tight fit, as I had to add 2" or so to make the coupler work. I have the Wideband installed. I'm kinda concerned. I'm at 15.5 at idle..but on the highway at 60 mph, it is at 10! Tonight was trick-or-treat, so no datalogging. I'm going to do a datalog with A/F ratios tomorrow and get it to Joey. I hope that with the A/F ratios, he can nail my tune. It still smells rich. When I stop at a light it pegs at 17 and then comes down. I have not gotten into boost since I installed the guage.

Rod
 
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