A lot of times you'll get that smell from the exhaust when its new, but you've had that for just as long as me. Maybe the extra boost is running you hotter and opening up the exhaust more, I still smell it rarely but occasionally. How do you like the SMIC?Talrum said:I did this last week for a few hours, the car felt alot faster. however after some hard acceleration i noticed a sulphur-like smell , it was pretty bad. Anyone know what this could be?? kinda scared me so i took the spring off. My mods are Injen CAI, CustomMSPs SMIC, Vibrant S-pipe back exhaust.
FSDET said:bump im gonna try this next weekend. im sick of the stok 7psi BS
Velocifero said:A lot of times you'll get that smell from the exhaust when its new, but you've had that for just as long as me. Maybe the extra boost is running you hotter and opening up the exhaust more, I still smell it rarely but occasionally. How do you like the SMIC?
its your exhaust then that smells like sulfur. its oily residues left over from fabrication burning off the inside of the pipes. usually takes a couple days to start then goes away after a week. On my buddy's 300Z it smelled for like a month or so. I think you should be ok to redo the spring, I have had mine on for a couple months, since this thread started, I need to take it off til I do my smic!Talrum said:Ive only had the exhaust on for about 1 week when i tried the spring. I can see the car running hotter though, could have been the problem. The SMIC i got is great, i felt a big difference afer that mod.
well i was at like 6 something stock. with catless exhuast and gredyy cat back amd MAM fmic kit its HOLDING like 7.3Stormtrooper77 said:Hahaha! Try 5.5 stock!
thanks!SpeedBeaver said:Prt # 59002 from Autozone
Try the biggest spring for 2.0psi and try the smaller ones for less.
Velocifero said:it took me about 5 minutes with minimal effort to get this on and I am happy with it. drove the car onto ramps, popped the hood, fed a straightened coat hanger with a small hook down through the path the spring will follow, got under the car, attaced the carb spring to the actuator arm and the free end to the hook on the coat hanger, went back up top and pulled the coat hanger through with the spring and attached to the actuator shield. Took longer to set everything up than it did to install, pretty easy and effective mod. Best part is no altering vac lines or any of that nonsense. (thumb)
livelyjay said:It won't damage the wastegate, since both are working by shear mechanics. The internal wastegate has a spring in it to begin with. Adding a spring in this manner works in the same fashion as changing the internal spring to one with a higher spring rating.
Using mechanics to control boost is much more efficient than using boost controllers because there's no need to bleed of the air going to the wastegate. This is one reason why I prefer external wastegates like Tial, because you can just swap out springs for different boost settings instead of using a boost controller.
Personally, I'd rather spend the extra $30 and get a used MBC than spend the time and effort putting the spring on. When I get around to upgrading the turbo, mani, etc I'm definitely going with an external wastegate setup.
kamikaze7 said:Tried it last weekend. Took me 15 minutes to lift the car, get underneath, hook the spring to the actuator arm, get out from under the car, grab the top of the spring (attached to coat hanger, nice idea) and clip it to the shield, lower the car.
Best 15 minute mod yet!!! Thanks.
