v8klla
08-17-2004, 12:01 AM
So, yeah, went to the shootout. Got there alright everything was going well. Minor crack in the pile of shit exhaust manifold once again but i figured i would race anyways...
Well I made one pass at 13.4 @ 108 or something and realized that boost was hitting max of 21 and airflow maxed at 41 and dropped to low 30's... Something was definately wrong. Well, the manifold crack was much larger, so I decided not to run anymore as the car would not run at its full potential anyways. Still not sure why airflow went down from 51 to 40 with the boost controller at the same position, but I guess that's now the least of my worries...
On the way home the crack gets bigger, actually it was cracked three quarters of the way around the collector, essentially the turbo was about to fall off. So I decided to use some gas station band clamps to try to hold it in place and possibly limp home. Good news: I made it back, bad news: see this website:
http://www.msnusers.com/totalledcar/shoebo...box.msnw?Page=3 (http://www.msnusers.com/totalledcar/shoebox.msnw?Page=3)
Yes the only thing holding the turbo to the remaining pieces of manifold are the gas station band clamps! What a piece of shit, the wastegate fell off a few miles from my house, thank god for the short route intercooler piping that caught it!
NOTE ~ This is not a QPR product and they are in no way affiliated with this huge pile of crap ;)
Also on the way home my crank shaft position sensor took a dump, good thing i wired my 1G CAS to send out the signal in order to initially time the car, what are the odds of that? Down side to this scenario: What is a possible conclusion that can be drawn from poor clutch pressure and a faulty crank position sensor? Well that answer is yet to be determined :(
What a fucking weekend...I'm never leaving MN again, I should have learned my lesson the first time, if you aren't sure what I am reffering to see the above website page number 2!
Chris
Well I made one pass at 13.4 @ 108 or something and realized that boost was hitting max of 21 and airflow maxed at 41 and dropped to low 30's... Something was definately wrong. Well, the manifold crack was much larger, so I decided not to run anymore as the car would not run at its full potential anyways. Still not sure why airflow went down from 51 to 40 with the boost controller at the same position, but I guess that's now the least of my worries...
On the way home the crack gets bigger, actually it was cracked three quarters of the way around the collector, essentially the turbo was about to fall off. So I decided to use some gas station band clamps to try to hold it in place and possibly limp home. Good news: I made it back, bad news: see this website:
http://www.msnusers.com/totalledcar/shoebo...box.msnw?Page=3 (http://www.msnusers.com/totalledcar/shoebox.msnw?Page=3)
Yes the only thing holding the turbo to the remaining pieces of manifold are the gas station band clamps! What a piece of shit, the wastegate fell off a few miles from my house, thank god for the short route intercooler piping that caught it!
NOTE ~ This is not a QPR product and they are in no way affiliated with this huge pile of crap ;)
Also on the way home my crank shaft position sensor took a dump, good thing i wired my 1G CAS to send out the signal in order to initially time the car, what are the odds of that? Down side to this scenario: What is a possible conclusion that can be drawn from poor clutch pressure and a faulty crank position sensor? Well that answer is yet to be determined :(
What a fucking weekend...I'm never leaving MN again, I should have learned my lesson the first time, if you aren't sure what I am reffering to see the above website page number 2!
Chris