[xAxAx]

ok so yesterday my friend and i installed my turboback exhaust completely catless from turbo to tip..{RS*R}.. then i installed the k&n typhoon intake.. then i flashed to stage 2 with the accessport... my car drove fine for about 5 minutes and now its just running crappy.. when im driving my car under 3k rpms...it runs alright.. but when i gas it a little bit it feels like im neutral and just reving the engine.. for example, i was on the freeway doing 60 and then i down shift to 5th normally i would feel a little kick.. but instead it just felt like i was revving the engine.. then i started to smell burnt clutch or just that hot engine smell..it pretty much feels like my turbo isnt kicking in where it should be.. i dont know if its a blown turbo, boost creep, or just lack of a tune.. any insight would be greatly appreciated..

[xAxAx]

i also forgot to add in that i connected the AP to read the live boost.. and when i drove it the readings would stay negative.. i also have the factory boost gauge and it doesnt go past the thick white line which is zero.. so am i not getting any boost? where i normally should be getting it??

[04STiguy79]

Do you have a boost gauge? Boost creep would be my guess, mainly cause you are running catless. Are you running on the stock clutch and how many miles are on the car?

[Turbo_Terry]

i would change it back to the stock map and see if n e thing changes... that would be my 1st process of elimination... u could of loaded the wrong map

[04STiguy79]

Originally Posted by xAxAx

i also forgot to add in that i connected the AP to read the live boost.. and when i drove it the readings would stay negative.. i also have the factory boost gauge and it doesnt go past the thick white line which is zero.. so am i not getting any boost? where i normally should be getting it??

Sounds like there is a boost line disconnected somewhere. I would check all the lines and connections on the MAF in the engine bay , one might have been unplugged when you were installing the new parts. You should be around 14.5 psi on a stock setup.

[VSGTS14]

yea it sounds like you may have a huge ass boost leak.
hear any different sounds?
how many miles on your clutch too.

[xAxAx]

yeah i have a boost gauge.. and i am running the stock clutch.. the mileage of the car is 31k... i also have a walbro fuel pump on the way.. i dont know if that will help..

i thought boost creep would only be at high rpms? this happens in first, second, third.. pretty much all my gears.. i just cant pass 2800-3500 rpms or i'll run into the problem..

[xAxAx]

Originally Posted by Turbo_Terry

i would change it back to the stock map and see if n e thing changes... that would be my 1st process of elimination... u could of loaded the wrong map

i also did this process.. but no help.. i reverted the AP back to stock.. and disconnected the negative terminal of the battery to reset the ecu.. even in stock i run into this problem..

[Peleg]

Originally Posted by xAxAx

i also did this process.. but no help.. i reverted the AP back to stock.. and disconnected the negative terminal of the battery to reset the ecu.. even in stock i run into this problem..

Well, if the AP isn't showing any boost and the boost gauge isn't showing any boost and you reverted everything back as far as the ECU and still have this problem, it's not boost creep.

Check all the connections on the intake you installed and the connections on the compressor turbine hose as well.

Stage 2 should be making around 18 psi.

Once you get this resolved, I highly recommanded getting tuned.

[Turbo_Terry]

Originally Posted by Peleg

Stage 2 should be making around 18 psi.

Once you get this resolved, I highly recommanded getting tuned.

^^ True Story!

[La Mer]

Originally Posted by xAxAx

ok so yesterday my friend and i installed my turboback exhaust completely catless from turbo to tip..{RS*R}.. then i installed the k&n typhoon intake.. then i flashed to stage 2 with the accessport... my car drove fine for about 5 minutes and now its just running crappy.. when im driving my car under 3k rpms...it runs alright.. but when i gas it a little bit it feels like im neutral and just reving the engine.. for example, i was on the freeway doing 60 and then i down shift to 5th normally i would feel a little kick.. but instead it just felt like i was revving the engine.. then i started to smell burnt clutch or just that hot engine smell..it pretty much feels like my turbo isnt kicking in where it should be.. i dont know if its a blown turbo, boost creep, or just lack of a tune.. any insight would be greatly appreciated..

Question - When you do this:

Originally Posted by xAxAx

i was on the freeway doing 60 and then i down shift to 5th normally i would feel a little kick.. but instead it just felt like i was revving the engine.?

does your engine actually rev up, but you don't accelerate? If so, it's your clutch. The added torque from being Stage 2 has found the limits of your worn clutch.

Without any load on the motor because your clutch won't grab, you will not build boost.

[bigJP]

yeah your clutch is about to give out. I was on the Highway the other week when i decided to F with a ferrarri, i was about to top off 4th gear when my REV just went all the way up and the car didnt go, did it a few more times before i realized my clutch was about to give out. Im stage 2 and i just got a stage 1 clutch masters with the organic disk and an aluminum flywheel and now my car never stops!!! lol

[xAxAx]

Originally Posted by La Mer

I'm surprised none of you guys suggested that his clutch has worn out.

Question - When you do this:



does your engine actually rev up, but you don't accelerate? If so, it's your clutch. The added torque from being Stage 2 has found the limits of your worn clutch.

yeah i dont accelerate at all.. i dont know if my clutch is worn out or not though.. because this happens in all six gears.. i just cant pass 3k rpm.. and i dont even punch it, i can ease into it also and it will still happen..

[bigJP]

Originally Posted by xAxAx

yeah i dont accelerate at all.. i dont know if my clutch is worn out or not though.. because this happens in all six gears.. i just cant pass 3k rpm.. and i dont even punch it, i can ease into it also and it will still happen..

well if your smelling burnt clutch its not because you have a leak, that to me just doesnt make sense. If you smell burnt clutch when this happens, easing or not, then i'd put a dollar towards it being your clutch about to give out. my stock lasted 45k but the owner before me kept it for his weekend car and was an old man. so the clutch didnt really get abused till i bought it

[D1SMember]

the OP's sig is soo funny! was that aired just recently or something? looks like he broke his face!