Well, Whiple stage 2 installed....

[stealthfrc]

i can agree with that o ring not liking to stay in place lol..

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[lxh89]

I used the injector o-ring lube on that gasket - no issue with sticking at all.

 

[Roh92cp]

No copper anywhere else. He said he didn't want to use silicon on that o ring. It wouldn't stay in place so he used that..... I know, bad excuse. He guaranteed it is nowhere else though. I guess this smoke test will tell the tale.... I will post later when that is done. Thanks again everyone for all of your help so far. I'm definitely about to lose it.

I believe that is anti seize not gasket maker that dries on. Glad you are getting a smoke test done and my bet is you have a leak from around the rear manifold head ports from the knock sensors not being placed properly and or the knock harnes in the way of the manifold.

 

[desant89]

I believe that is anti seize not gasket maker that dries on. Glad you are getting a smoke test done and my bet is you have a leak from around the rear manifold head ports from the knock sensors not being placed properly and or the knock harnes in the way of the manifold.

Nobody hopes you are right more than me! I should be hearing back from them shortly. Not sure how long a smoke test takes, but it was in the back of the shop at like 12:30. The longer it takes, the more I feel like they may have found something.

 

[Farrdaddy]

You are correct it is just copper anti-seize. Many people use it to hold O-rings in place for installation. That looks like a very liberal amount though.

 

[desant89]

You are correct it is just copper anti-seize. Many people use it to hold O-rings in place for installation. That looks like a very liberal amount though.

Yeah, I don't know a ton about it, but I would think you would spray the O ring with it then let that hold it in. Not spray it in place....

 

[desant89]

Ok, shop called, and there is definitely not a vacuum leak. Mechanic mentioned some characteristics that I can agree with. Like if I am driving at 45, likely in 4th gear just relaxed driving (I have an auto), and I accelerate a little bit, you can see the boost go up to like 10lbs on the stock guage. Obviously too much fuel gonna go at that point and it bogs.

I spoke to Ken. Now keep in mind, I only drove the car from here to the mechanic which is like 3 miles away, but at times, it felt the best it has been so far, not great, but much better like when starting off and things like that. Well Ken said that the log I took on the way to the shop was the most accurate one yet. Kind of noticed what I felt in the car. And he mentioned it first too. So I am guessing something was leaking, and me taking apart and reassembling helped it. Just a guess, but something changed. Maybe me opening and closing the bypass 1000x helped free it up. Who knows at this point....

So now Ken has something clearer to work with and will be sending me a revision shortly. He is going to drop cam timing or something to make it not boost early. He said he is going to go extra low so it may feel a little weak, but should drive good. We log that, and then work up from there. Thanks again everyone for all of your help so far with this. I will keep this updated.

 

[BDMACH1]

Ok, shop called, and there is definitely not a vacuum leak. Mechanic mentioned some characteristics that I can agree with. Like if I am driving at 45, likely in 4th gear just relaxed driving (I have an auto), and I accelerate a little bit, you can see the boost go up to like 10lbs on the stock guage. Obviously too much fuel gonna go at that point and it bogs.

I spoke to Ken. Now keep in mind, I only drove the car from here to the mechanic which is like 3 miles away, but at times, it felt the best it has been so far, not great, but much better like when starting off and things like that. Well Ken said that the log I took on the way to the shop was the most accurate one yet. Kind of noticed what I felt in the car. And he mentioned it first too. So I am guessing something was leaking, and me taking apart and reassembling helped it. Just a guess, but something changed. Maybe me opening and closing the bypass 1000x helped free it up. Who knows at this point....

So now Ken has something clearer to work with and will be sending me a revision shortly. He is going to drop cam timing or something to make it not boost early. He said he is going to go extra low so it may feel a little weak, but should drive good. We log that, and then work up from there. Thanks again everyone for all of your help so far with this. I will keep this updated.

Glad to hear, you're in good hands with Ken!

 

[Roh92cp]

Yeah, I don't know a ton about it, but I would think you would spray the O ring with it then let that hold it in. Not spray it in place....

Most anti seize is a paste in a tube not sprayed on. I hope your mechanic is thorough and really honest about the trouble shooting he is doing on this. Is there anyway you could ask to be there when he performs the smoke test, say you want to watch how it's done. Smoke test should include blocking off the air filter inlet at or near the air box so smoke doesn't poor out there forcing smoke out the smaller cracks if there.

 

[desant89]

Just got back from driving with Ken's tune revision. Night and day difference. 100% headed in the right direction now. Car was very driveable with none of the issues I had earlier other than the high idle. I think me taking it apart and reassembling did something.

I am 100% sure this will be fine now. Thanks again to all of you!

Only regret is maybe going catless now. Nothing to do with smell. I feel like under heavy loads mostly (does happen everywhere though), there is a break to the exhaust sound now. Like not a smooth flowing sound. More of a putt putt putt that increases with RPMs and under load is annoying.

I have Pypes headers with off road pipe, stock resonator (is this my problem?) and then Flowmaster axle back. Defintely have drone too.

 

[evo8904]

That's great bro! Ken is an amazing tuner. I will be posting some results of my 100 oct tune with 3.5 pulley

 

[Roh92cp]

What was the result of the smoke test?

 

[desant89]

What was the result of the smoke test?

No problem found at all. I truly believe me following those instruction you sent me did something. Just taking it all apart and reassembling it. Ken said the log on my way to shop for smoke test was much more normal behavior that all the previous logs. The next tune made a night and day difference. Thanks again!

 

[Roh92cp]

Awesome, hope you got it know. And keep us posted.

 

[v8ter]

That's great bro! Ken is an amazing tuner. I will be posting some results of my 100 oct tune with 3.5 pulley

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