New to this MS Protege thing

[jestermsp]

doesnt have a blow off valve does it? check ur vaccum hoses

 

[Jenn]

I can hear blow off happening. Thought it had a small one stock?

 

[jestermsp]

well sorta it has a small black plastic by pass valve goind from the hot pipe to the intake. a bov would have some bling to it. snap a pic of under the hood we can see if its all stock or not

 

[Jenn]

Will do when I get off the phone

 

[Jenn]

 

[jestermsp]

WTF! thats a forge valve not stock and its on the wrong pipe and not recirc? that looks so messed up. try switching the valve and hose on the intake and the plugged hose on the intrecooler pipe with each other then see how it runs.

 

[Jenn]

Ok, hold up, what do I need to change?

 

[jestermsp]

here is a pic of my old set up notice valve is on intercooler pipe not intake pipe.

 

[jestermsp]

put your valve like where mine is. and the hose on you intercooler pipe put on your intake pipe.

 

[Jenn]

What do I do with the pipe/hose it's currently on?

I'm new to this turbo thing, is that for the boost gauge I have on the a-pillar?

 

[jestermsp]

you need to move the whole thing the blue hose and black valve goes on the intercooler pipe, toward the front of the car. the black hose with the silver plug in it goes on the nipple on the intake pipe, has airbox and maf on it.

 

[Jenn]

ok cool, so the silver plug that's plugging the intercooler pipe right now has to go on the intake pipe, and the blue thing on the intake pipe has to go in its place on the intercooler pipe.

 

[jestermsp]

correct

 

[jestermsp]

road test it and take a pic when ur done. should run better

 

[Jenn]

It's still hot right now (an hour after I've gotten home) so I'll do it when it all cools down a bit.

 

[Jenn]

Ok, it's all done. Took it for a run, no stalling, still a LITTLE fluxuation in the idle at the traffic lights, but it didn't stall. Spooled up and bled off the pressure fine. A little bit more flutter (I'm assuming waste gate) sound.

 

[jestermsp]

yea its still gunna bounce because the car is not recirculating vented air anymore. that valve is from forge motorsports it very different from how the car came. the stock valve actually recirculates vented air back into the intake pipe. the mass air flow meters air coming into the car and the valve you have vents the air to the atmosphere, the flutter noise you here, rather than sends it back into the intake pipe, where you put the plugged hose, like the stock valve would. this causes your car to run very rich momentarily and that causes the bog or hesitation you feel. the only way to fix this is to get metal intercooler pipes and move the maf to the throttle body to intercooler pipe or get a valve that can recirculate back into the intake. welcome to msp 101.

 

[Rush]

doesn't matter if yer lowered or not, the bracket will work as is. Racing beat mp3 preproduction car had the bracket very similer. Mazda took it out for cost cutting. On some heavily lowered cars you might need a shorter endlinks but thats with or with out the brackets. Evolv is working on new endlinks also, he engineers awesome products.

I wasn't asking in reference to the bracket .. I was simply wondering if you guys are experiencing the same 'noises' on stock suspension versus us on aftermarket suspension.

As in, when I was on stock suspension, I was getting 'clunking' due to the bad stock bushings. But NOW that I'm on aftermarket suspension, I'm getting 'clunking' AND 'squeaking' -- I believe the 'clunking' is from the bad bushings (I had mine redone under warranty, but of course they crapped out eventually), and the 'squeaking' is because of the retarded stock struts.

I was just trying to figure out if Jenn is suffering from ONLY the 'clunking' .. or if she's in my situation, suffering from 'clunking' AND 'squeaking'. Because the bracket will fix her 'clunking' but might not help out her 'squeaking'.

Holy Christ, I hope I'm making sense, hahaha.

But yeah, wow, that's definitely NOT a stock bypass valve in those pictures, Jenn. What idiot had this car before you? Ugh. Another good idea for you might be to relocate your MAF to your boosted pipes. I did that on my car after I installed my FMIC and BOV, and it made huge difference for the better! **EDIT: ^^^ What jester said, LOL.

 

[jestermsp]

what she said

 

[FlipandFunk]

that noises that yer hearing is just bad install and or not quality parts. double check all nuts and bolts and make sure the spring has rubber seals on the top.