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Old Jun 1, 2003 | 04:41 AM
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Finally received and installed the injectors today! The EcuTek was pretty smooth despite being an "off the shelf" map; the car idled normal.

Two of my friends and I test drove the car on an open road. Boost kicked in pretty late, somewhere past 4k, but when it hit, it HIT! Adrenaline got the best of me and I had to pull over because my arms and hands went numb while gripping the wheel too hard. My fastest recorded time ever was 14.8 at HRP, so this rush of speed was too new to me, but I liked it!

Bad news though, soon after, I started to loose boost at about 5.5k and up. The cel light blinked also. I think the problem may be my inlet pipe. The inlet pipe did not fit properly on the turbo and was ripped at the rubber piece of the pipe that connected to the turbo. I think the leak is coming from there.

Also, my battery is dead. The alternator holds the charge, but I don't know why the battery just died on me.

I'm debating if I should buy an aftermarket inlet pipe or buy a used stock inlet pipe. Until then, I'll have to put the car OOC again.
Old Jun 1, 2003 | 03:03 PM
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Glad your car is running again!
Old Jun 1, 2003 | 04:17 PM
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d00d, .... you got no luck.

you can get a steel inlet pipe from quantum racing, but it's like 150 or so.
Isn't there a way to fix the leak??
Old Jun 1, 2003 | 04:21 PM
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Glad to hear it's alive! w00t!
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