jonnymerk

so the guys at Proven Power had a fall out and now Im scrambling to find a trust worthy shop to work out the bugs with my turbo set up.

Main thing is I want my vacuum lines re checked and I have a manifold leak between the head and manifold. I'm sick and tired of goin to shops and them doin half ass work. I had this problem with Pete Stop and they act and look like they work on performance stuff in St.pete and I really want to avoid goin back to them.

Madlinx

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Hey guys in the area, tranced and I are going to be heading to the Target meet this Sunday at 9:00. Hope to see some of you guys there.

jonnymerk

Where my St.pete/Tampa peeps at lol. I tried to get a hold of Marc but havent heard back from him.

I need help takin my turbo mani off so I can see where my leak is and possibly have it machined. At the same time I want to put my other turbo on. If anyone thinks they can help me complete this task in a day or 2 let me know. Could save me money from a shop.

AcyclicCobalt21

Heyyy are you guys going to the meet tonight??

Edubs

What's your setup and where are you looking to work on the car. I can possibly help out depending on where and when...

jonnymerk

Not 100% sure what you want to know bout set up. Its a zzp log style manifold. Its a tight squeeze but with the new turbo it should bolt right up and leave me a little more room. I'm just worried bout the hard time Im gonna have with limited ability to get under the car.

Edubs

You answered my question...it's a log manifold.

You don't have a jack and jack stands? It's a bitch, but trust me, you can disassemble/reassemble a turbo setup on your back under the car. Ask me how I know. It helps to have more than one person and a wealth of tools. Did you buy new gaskets and everything needed?

jonnymerk

not yet. I'm gonna buy all new studs and bolts so I dont have a mix match up there and a new gasket...if I do this I need to know where to take the manifold in case it needs to be machined.

Edubs

So the log manifold is already installed. You're removing it to check why you have a leak and then reinstalling it with a different turbo? Just want to make sure I have this right...

jonnymerk

correct. everything has been on the car for a a few years now but there is a leak that is coming back leading me to believe the mani may need a resurface. While its off I figured get a turbo more the size Ive been looking for atm. The one on it is too big for what I Want now.
Things I dont look forward to is that nothing has ever seem to fit perfectly lol

Edubs

Well, unfortunately, there's no way to plan around custom problems with custom projects. I can make some calls tomorrow and see if I can find a shop near you that can resurface that manifold flange. I know a guy who may know a guy in your area...

jonnymerk

lol aight....I'm now sad that my Walking Dead doesn't start back until October wtf...........

jonnymerk

gonna give this guy at Levin Motorsports a try. I was very impressed with him when I stopped by his shop. He might end up being my go to guy.

Edubs

There ya go. I got busy as hell today and didn't have a chance to call my guy out there...

jonnymerk

ya his shop was nice and big and clean. Had a couple cars in storage like vets and such just waiting to be worked on lol. Some of the things he knew impressed me and made me think.

Silverbalt92

Did you guys ever get to meet upp?

Edubs

I'm down to meet up on Wednesdays or Sundays. I'm planning on going to Desoto for test and tune either this Thursday or next to get some more datalogs and finish the PE tuning on my car...

donald

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any of yall going to bradenton sat night fro street heat i will be there along with a couple others im in dying need of a tune if anyone going out there can tune a 2006 2.4 let me know so i can bring some cash with me

tranced

have a few of us hitting street heat saturday.

Silverbalt92

Gooood! More Balts, the better! (:

donald

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sweet thats awesome anyone gonna be there that can tune

AcyclicCobalt21

Hopefully Ill see you instead of walking past you lol

tranced

Look for the guy in the yellow four door

AcyclicCobalt21

Lol very nice

Edubs

I may make it. I want to make some passes at some point and get some logs...