Like what?

 

I have been thinking about that lately. When ever I punch it I hear a leak and just can't seem to locate it. Thought it might be my header but alls good on the exhaust side. So I gotta look at the intake side.

 

Boost leak test it and see if it leaks there. Take a larger vac line or small heater hose and hold one end to your ear and poke around with the other end while the system is pressurized.

 

Yeah i keep telling Dustin I want to do a leak down test but I never seem to have time and when I do he has blown a motor so I let him focus on that . I need to get that done!

 

gonna be honest mine didnt seem to leak but it was. i lost like 2lbs of boost on the guage. that doesnt seem to be much however it made a world of difference. it didnt blow out the gasket or anything like that. everything appeared to be normal as far as it was concerned. as for my symptoms, i wasnt building boost as i should, it literally felt like my clutch was slipping. i actually thought at one point in time i needed a new tranny. it took like 3 seconds to get the boost to hit. i had a massive misfire issue at the time.

now after i have removed the spacer, keeping in mind i have done nothing else to remedy any other isssues. i have gained the 2lbs back, i build boost as i should, i dont need a clutch or tranny, and my misfires are no where near as bad as it appeared. also as a side note, the velocity of the air moving in and out is by far better then it ever has been. the only draw back is i have gone up in iat2 by 10 degrees. i can easily gain the temps with removing my lower screen.

i just figured it may be the cause of your knock issue. as i think you have tried everything else to resolve it but it has never been resolved.

 

I had the knock before the Spacer

 

try it man you never know.

the only other thing i can think of is your tune.

 

Yeah it's a stumper thats for sure. When I have the spare funds I will get taylor to retune it but no sense until I find the issue casuing the knock.

 

I definitely wasn't lacking boost or power. Doesn't matter anymore anyways cause it's turbo time.

Mike is running less timing than a stock cobalt. We kept pulling and pulling timing with no difference in knock. It isn't the tune

 

I gues I will wake this thread up with a happy birthday to big blue.

 

happy bday bluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuue!

 

Happy birthday buddy

 

Happy birthday Canada! Out of the 20's now...

 

Lol thanks guys!

 

At least his car is still under the 20's (even in current condition)

 

Just throwing this up for as a heads up.
I will be putting my 3" turbo XS GT exhaust up for sale soon. Feel free to pm me. I'm getting new hardware for it. Going back to stock. Or partly stock for now any way...
It has a bout 10 k on it and still looks great. Full stainless and sound very nice.

I think I got a video somewhere

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http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/...272C437103.mp4

 

I know you got one from the day motor 1 blew in my car lol

 

Did I hear someone say the Dustin is "old *****" now?? Lol

 

You nailed it Jon lol. It's all downhill from here!

 

Lol I hear ya man. My birthday is next week lol

 

**** i'll make sure to mail a walker your way. Perhaps a rascal with a brushless motor lol.

 

Hahaha thanks Ahole. Happy late birthday man.

I'll send you some polygrip to hold your dentures in! Lol

 

someone called my name? i heard "old". aaaaaaaahhhhh i see you said old ***** and not ol dirty.

just remember this young bucks, sex gets better with age. you see when girls are young they are to shy to do the dirty stuff. with age they loose the shyness and it is on from there. lol

 

Don't need age, just red heads haha. My last two girlfriends have been red heads. Loved it lol.