It's Running, Kinda...

[Jeph]

17" hg vac still sounds low, you should be closer to 20-22, so unless your gauge is a little off like mine was, then you should check again for leaks, because it may cause issues later down the road.

 

[Maxx Mazda]

Well with the car off my gauge reads almost 1psi because I'm at 4000', but so were you in SLC so maybe it's just our elevations. When my gauge says 17" hg my AFC live display says 20".

 

[Maxx Mazda]

Another update, was driving home, very gently and so I go to shift and I hear this "pop" noise and the car almost dies. I was scared shitless! One of my intercooler pipes jsut slipped out of it's clamp, so it's fixzed now. Any of you guys ever blown a hose before?

 

[Jeph]

LOL yeah i had that happen to me while i was racing a 350z. It scared the s*** out of him and me it was so loud, i thought for sure i had popped the engine. It drove fine, but i couldn't enter boost at all. I was pissed too because was pulling him hard until the pipe blew off and it was like hitting a brick wall.

And yheah, our elevations could do that i guess

 

[Maxx Mazda]

Ya man, we're both like a "mile high" almost lol! If that's the case, I've joined the mile high club about 1,200 times by now lol!

 

[GhostMercury]

i remember when my intercooler pope popped off the first time...oooo man did it scare me

 

[Maxx Mazda]

Ya, I jumped for sure lol!

 

[igdrasil]

blew hoses like 5 times, 1st time was a 20psi overboost, needless to say, i got really scared I didnt kknew what happened until checked when in home.