Ricktalife's EPIC fails and maybe a build thread too

Well I unhooked the ECU and battery for about 15 minutes, then reinstalled everything and let it idle for about 10 minutes or so, but to no avail. I did notice however on a drive I just took that my ABS light cleared again (woohoo). Let's see how long that takes to come back lol. I noticed when the idle dips almost to the point of stalling that the vacuum drops too. Maybe I have a boost leak somewhere? I'm not sure what to do now..
 
the vac is dropping because the engine is nearly stopping, so thats an effect, not a cause. guess you have more hunting to do... rechecking your couplers and clamps definitely won't hurt either though.
 
I hope it is that simple. Also, I'm starting to wonder if maybe I get a little turkey when running BOV only because the BOV needs cleaned or something? I think there was a how-to on here somewhere so I may fiddle with that.
 
I get turkey if I'm releasing low boost levels. its really not a concern... it looks like yours is a V1 valve? I used to have that and it fluttered a lot no matter how I adjusted it, so I moved to the newer non-adjustable version.
 
I know it is a really old valve, probably V1 cause I bought the FMIC kit from Kicker who ran it years back. Is it simple to swap in a new one since I already have the flange?
 
Installed the HKS V3 tonight, but I'm still getting turkey and I still can't find the boost leak...this is pissing me off.
 
Wagonbacker9 said:
I get turkey if I'm releasing low boost levels. its really not a concern... it looks like yours is a V1 valve? I used to have that and it fluttered a lot no matter how I adjusted it, so I moved to the newer non-adjustable version.
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the HKS only came in black for the V2 and V3, i believe. if theres a nut on the back, its a V1. you cant tell from the pics.
Ricktalife said:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HKS-...ptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

How about this one? Does the black edition suck hence the cheap price or just cheap cause...it's ebay?
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that is definitely fake, but at least they tried pretty hard. dont buy one without pics of the box, just a word of advice.

Ricktalife said:
Installed the HKS V3 tonight, but I'm still getting turkey and I still can't find the boost leak...this is pissing me off.
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i dont think its a boost leak. youre on a relocated MAF, so unless youre leaking between the MAF and the TB, it wouldnt cause your issues. its not a vac leak since your vac is normal. your MAF distance is pretty standard too, i dont have that issue.
start with obvious things - are you throwing a CEL? have your AFR's changed when not at idle? have you tried switching off the SSAFC to be positive its something in the engine and not in the software/tune? and if all of that checks out, try cleaning the MAF. EGR would be the next step.
 
yudkib said:
i dont think its a boost leak. youre on a relocated MAF, so unless youre leaking between the MAF and the TB, it wouldnt cause your issues. its not a vac leak since your vac is normal. your MAF distance is pretty standard too, i dont have that issue.
start with obvious things - are you throwing a CEL? have your AFR's changed when not at idle? have you tried switching off the SSAFC to be positive its something in the engine and not in the software/tune? and if all of that checks out, try cleaning the MAF. EGR would be the next step.
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No CEL, but I have been fooling with the tune to try and reset things. I'll try to find some MAF cleaner and I was thinking of the EGR as well. Thanks.
 
picture of current setup and my new BOV:

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Bought some MAF cleaner at autozone and sprayed it down, but the idle is still lean. Oh and I threw a CEL when I changed back to the superstockmap...hooray.
 
well I'm not going to hack up my wiring, but I was thinking maybe loading a blank map with every cell containing 10? I would change the output settings and whatnot but on the fuel map just leave it untouched, anybody tried that before?
 
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