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Old 01-12-2017, 12:45 AM
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So small update I was about to start the car look under and what do you know I have a turbo coolant line leaking. Bad thing about that is that it's hard to get to since it's between the turbo and firewall. Let's see if I'm able to fix without taking anything off

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So small update I was about to start the car look under and what do you know I have a turbo coolant line leaking. Bad thing about that is that it's hard to get to since it's between the turbo and firewall. Let's see if I'm able to fix without taking anything off
I'd loosen the cradle bolts to lower it a bit. or just put a jack under the back of the cradle, loosen the front cradle bolts, take the rear bolts out but not completely. just enough to get past the threads but yet still in the control arm bushing so you don't have to line those bastards back up. then lower the back end of the cradle slowly by releasing the pressure on the jack some. it should pull the back of the engine down some which might give you a better angle to get at your leak.
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Old 01-12-2017, 08:54 AM
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Well I might give that a try, let see I'm also going to be doing the CABs either way, but I got a stubby 19mm wrench let's see if that fits since a socket won't fit
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Started doing the first log what a difference in sound and the way the power comes in
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That was only 20psi just wait until we get it past 24psi!!
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Yeah I can't wait I'll be doing a bit more logging today didn't really have time to do more than one yesterday
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Time, that's no excuse.
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Time, that's no excuse.
Exactly! Guess how many logs he's sent me today? I did a complete K04 E47 tune last night and snail sent me 1 log.......
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Lmao I've been busy plus I don't wanna go 120 we have a lot of cops for the weekend I've seen like 20 just today
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I thought u had all the roads in Texas?
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Gotta say I always got nervous looking for a place to log. Something about potentially going to high risk insurance or paying a huge fine, isn't as much fun to think about when you get old...
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Gotta say I always got nervous looking for a place to log. Something about potentially going to high risk insurance or paying a huge fine, isn't as much fun to think about when you get old...
I'm lucky we have very straight flat roads everywhere here it's really easy to find a good spot. When I go to Kelowna that's a different story and I've had to do 4th gear logs there on pretty bumpy roads
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I do my logs on the florida highway or out on back state roads. But im not as much of a fan of the state roads cause its pitch black at night with no lights.
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Yeah it's been raining since yesterday and right now we have local police,sheriff and state troopers all over the place it's crazy. Also where I live the city was build around the highway so I would have to travel at least 30 to 40 minutes to find a good spot to do some logs if I want everything to be isolated. I usually do logs on side roads and only if I'm alone. You can say yeah a lot of excuses but I'll rather be safe and do them when it's clear and I don't have cops all over the place starting Monday everything should go back to normal with police presence
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taking off the turbo just sucks I only had like 45 minutes of daylight.

So far intake and charge pipe are out and do is loose in that 45 minites I had to lift the car get all my tools out so more like 15 minutes of work lol
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I think we have a high of 40+ I know for some of you guys that's not that cold but for us that's getting cold lol
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Lol exactly but going from 75 to 40 is a big change
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Don't really like working with spot lights because I could misplace or miss something
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Did some more work on the car it's stupid windy so I had to stop.
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Lol I'll see what I can do I have a bad shoulder so maybe lifting with my arms won't be my best option
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Yup I am I don't really have a choice, weather hasn't been the best with a lot of wind and rain. At the rate it's going I might just finish the turbo install and get a quick tune then once I have my house do the f40 swap inside my garage
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Yeah I can't wait I'll be doing a bit more logging today didn't really have time to do more than one yesterday
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I've been busy plus I don't wanna go 120 we have a lot of cops for the weekend I've seen like 20 just today
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Yeah it's been raining since yesterday and right now we have local police,sheriff and state troopers all over the place it's crazy. Also where I live the city was build around the highway so I would have to travel at least 30 to 40 minutes to find a good spot to do some logs if I want everything to be isolated.
Sooooo many excuses...



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Haha what can I say I like good working conditions. weather hasn't been the best lately I'm not planning on going fast with all seasons tires and wet floor. Kinda seems when it's nice and have time to work on the car I'm waiting on parts or something is going on. But needless to say all I need to do is get my logs going and the car will be ready for the pulls I usually do them 10 minutes away but that area was packed with cops, now that the cop presence weekend is done I can go do all the pulls I want.
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Thats awesome Flash!!
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Thats awesome Flash!!
I do what I can.
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Lol like I don't have enough with kmo telling me that
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There's a very easy solution to this issue Snail
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I know lol
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hahah snail glad you don't live somewhere north where its cold AF and snowing... you'd really be in a pickle
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hahah snail glad you don't live somewhere north where its cold AF and snowing... you'd really be in a pickle
if he did, in his eyes there'd only be 3, maybe 4 weeks out of the year that working on his car was humanly possible.
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Haha yeah maybe a bit but it is what it is. Only thing I have to do now is reset the waste gate as the car isn't boosting past 20 psi. It will spike to 24 then dropped and stay at 20.
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Finally had time to change the gasket that was leaking coolant. I got time to readjust the waste gate but it didn't change anything, car won't make past 20 psi. Next is to do a boost leak test and a exhaust leak (or restriction) I keep hearing a rattle seems to be coming from my dp but didn't hear anything or see anything when I had it off for the turbo build but let's see what I find
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