Recent content by uniuno

Lets see... This week I put a clutch in it. I am also replacing the T-belt, tensioners, and water pump as preventative maintenance. I am also re-centering the FMIC to the grill. When I put it in originally I did it in one night so it wasn't perfect. I also hit a sign (yield to peds, haha) and...

PM'd about manifold, please respond

Fatti03MSP- thanks, but I'm not looking for a new turbo, rather, just something to allow me to sell the car. SteedSpeed is a little too expensive at 700 bucks, is that the only option? Nobody makes quality tube replacements for ~400ish? Done :)

Any pointers where to look for a new header?

I bought the car with a POS Thunder header, it cracked and eventually broke into two pieces at the turbo flange despite it being braced.... So I need a new manifold... one that ISN'T cracked.. I don't care if it's stock, so long as it isn't Thunder! Thanks! Email is uniuno@hotmail.com, I...

Hey I have a Thunder manifold (was on the car when I bought it) that cracked to hell and back too. I took it off, had it welded, they warped the head flange, had it machined flat again, it cracked all to hell again about a month later and now the turbo flange broke off... completely! I too am...

Aaaaaaand fixed! It was exactly what I thought it was to begin with. Apparently my zip tie fix on the intake runner valves wasn't cutting it. I took the vacuum line off of where the solenoids went to and T'd into the one in the middle and temporarily put my boost gauge back on the suspected bad...

yeah, I put everything vacuum related back to stock configuration and it got worse. How can this be intake related!? I'm seriously considering getting the intake from a 626, what year is best to go with?

So the vacuum port that goes to the active intake solenoids has vacuum, but when I rev the engine the vacuum gets a little stronger instead of going towards 0 like it should... What's going on in there? Has anyone had the intake apart?

Wow, awesome! Thanks everyone!

Ahhh, I see, so all of these cars drive like this when it's cold out? It started happening when it was in 40-50 degree range

hmm, not a fan of not being able to gun it ahahhaa

I wish I had a wideband to watch... I need to get a pump so I can pressurize the wastegate. I'm wondering if dropping the in the walbro would richen it up enough to make a difference. Or would the O2's just see it rich and compensate by decreasing the pw? I put a oem gasket back on the turbo...

Hmmm, Plausible. It's been flashed, supposedly, the dealership in Livonia (Detroit suburb) that did it was horrible. I had to take the thread from here in to show the service writer that adamantly denied that there was a flash available for it. I have a spare walbro 255 laying around that was...

So I've never had a car act like this before and it has me stumped. When I accelerate hard and hit 10-11 psi sometimes it feels like I jabbed the brakes as hard as I could. Besides that it runs good. It started doing it when it got cold, coincidence? up for debate... What is wastegate...