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Old 02-04-2017, 11:43 AM
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Old 02-04-2017, 11:50 AM
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Yeah it's sucks, I know I have the power but can't use it. with that said if it is the dp then I'll just go catless
Old 04-10-2017, 07:37 PM
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Well it has been forever but now that I have settled into my new house I have started the tear down of the car I was going to try and get a sedan but I'm just keeping my balt.
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Have fun and stay motivated.
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Thanks man it has been crazy month 1/2 finally I can start working in the car again . So for now I'm going to do a boost leak test to see why my zfr won't boost past 20 psi also i checked my dp yesterday and my cat looks good nothing is loose and i found the piece thats making noise and vibrating
Old 04-12-2017, 09:11 PM
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You will get there. I quit working on my cobalt for the short term and am working on my sons old Saab. Over next winter though it will get the parts I have stocked up including the zfr.
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Yeah need to order new gaskets first to remove the turbo apparently it's still leaking a tiny bit of coolant it has a new gasket so not sure why it's leaking. Should be pretty easy to remove once the transmission is out of the car
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Well I haven't gotten very far on the car transmission wise but I finally completed my boost leak tester and i did a boost leak test, I had a pretty big leak on the lower cp @ the tb connection. got that fixed and tightened, I did notice where the maf relocate plate goes it has little bubbles coming out it's not alot, not sure how to get that to seal up perfectly tho any ideas? I did tighten the bolts and it did help a bit.

Now I'm going to put the car back together and test my boost levels and see if that sealed it, Maybe complete my tuning once that's done I can start the swap since I won't be able to tune until the new clutch is broken in and that might take a a few weeks to do
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So update just ordered my stage 1 with fuel lobe cams about to order my meth kit as well
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nice! what meth kit?

as for the leaks not sure if copper gaskets is an option or copper seal spray. leaks blow dude.
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I'm going with the aem 30-3352, the thing is getting enough space to add anything to it lol its behind the turbo no way to get to it thru the top and from behind it's difficult enough just tighten the damn banjo bolt. My plan will be to take the turbo off inspect the threads then put it back on,

I will try logging a bit today just to make sure that I got rid of all my boost leaks once I know it's all good then I'll start tearing her apart again to install the f40 now that I have all the equipment I will be needing.
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Sounds like you have some work ahead of you.
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Originally Posted by 63 Nova SS
Sounds like you have some work ahead of you.
Yes I do lol the car will be apart almost completely.

Looking here it seems I have leaks all over the place lol, well found another boost leak, it's next to the map sensor in the cp for some reason it has a hole at that's where everything is escaping from




Old 05-20-2017, 10:33 PM
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Since the car was outside and I haven't taken pics in awhile seemed like a nice place to do so






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I love those lights!
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Car looks nice! Why is there a hole there? Is it bored all the way through into the charge pipe?
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Old 05-21-2017, 12:24 PM
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It's hard to tell but I do have air coming out of it so I will say yes, and I have no clue i guess it was blocked with something when I got it from zzp

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Old 06-02-2017, 07:57 PM
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Update: I need to get some silicone to use on the lower cp o-ring because it's leaking so that should fix boost leak problems once and for all.

Also received something today





Stg1 cams with fuel lobe
Old 06-02-2017, 08:44 PM
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Sweeeeeeet. Those cams with fuel line will really give you some options.
You have to have more boost leaks than I've ever heard of.
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Tell me about it they were all in the lower cp I haven't messed with it since I installed it but yeah kinda silly tbh. That's the main reason I haven't done anything to the car
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how are the headlights holding up??
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Really good actually might need tobtake them part to change the color tho
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Vids of car running or it isnt real
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Lol I never said my car wasn't running
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