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Halon
04-16-2009, 08:31 PM
Well to battle my miss-firing issues, I threw in some brand new BPR6ES's in. Car was miss-firing worse then ever. Cranked the boost down WG pressure, still bucking... OH SHIT what's that, the gas light? DOH!!! Filled it up with gas. Car is running great, no miss-firing. I only got it up to 25psi so far as I was slowly upping the boost to ensure it's running ok at lower boost levels. Tomorrow I'll keep cranking it up, hopefully to 35 again and have no miss-firing issues. If I do, I'll just turn it down to the highest level I can where it doesn't miss-fire.

Annoying...
Kevin 1G Drummer
04-16-2009, 08:54 PM
haha Paying attention to the gas gauge = win.
Halon
04-17-2009, 02:30 PM
My gas gauge stops going down at about 1/3 or so. The dual pumps get in the way of the Float I think. But the gas light still works, but it's sorta blocked by my boost gauge.

Anyhow, I cranked it up a little over lunch today, and I'm at 30psi now and no miss-firing. I'll crank it up a little bit more after lunch and hope for the best :)
FattyBoomBatty
04-17-2009, 03:30 PM
lol, I hope for the best too. Don't blow it before I get that ride! :D
MustGoFaster
04-18-2009, 02:18 AM
Don't blow it before I get that ride! :D

That's what she said.
scheides
04-20-2009, 09:07 AM
I finally got a ride in this beast over the weekend! Big turbo fun woot! Under 5k the car seems very nice and tame. As soon as you cross over 5k zzzzzoomg woot! Pulls nice and hard up to 8k. Definitely a fast car! I can't wait to give the little blue a run against this, down on power or not! :D

Also, props to brandon for a nice, clean, good running 1G. Very nice car dude, I really really like what you've done with it.
turbotalon1g
04-20-2009, 04:28 PM
I can't wait to give the little blue a run against this, down on power or not! :D

Excuses already? :kissass:

I need a ride before i leave for TX.
Halon
04-20-2009, 05:36 PM
Thanks Scheides!!

I was extremely happy with how well it ran, and how it never overheated. I think the cool weather was partially responsible though. But considering how hard I beat on it this weekend, at 30psi, I am really happy with how well it held together (other then the tire issue after getting some air at a pretty high rate of speed). I just need to get the coolant pushing issue worked out. Other then that, man it ran like a champ, never had a single issue with it the whole time!!
Shane@DBPerformance
04-20-2009, 06:16 PM
never had a single issue with it the whole time!!

Did you get some other car besides a DSM? :)
Halon
04-23-2009, 07:28 PM
Ha!

OK well the new front mount should be here early next week.

The L19 headstuds arrived and are sitting in the garage. One of these days when it looks like we're going to have a lot of rain, I think I'm going to take the head off, and go have the surface remachined. The shop that did it was pretty cheap and not sure how good of a machine job they did on it. Hopefully having it resurfaced will make it smoother, and that combined with the new L19's will hopefully take care of my "pushing coolant" issues.