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Can someone with 04 STi service manual check a wire?
Ok first of all, let me say this... the mod worked fine and did a REALLY good job. So without further ado...
Planning to have a 5 minutes install on my hand I went into my workshop and went at it. I felt like such a genius knowing where everything is and in the locating and such. Removed hose from actuator/compressor. So now I have that T (the t right after the 3/16" mod for those who did it) and then I go to put the MBC in. This is where Im starting to think TXS quality is missing. I have 3 wire ties to hold the hose down... there are 4 connections. The hose isnt even long enough to get ONE side to where they want it mounted (As there was only one hose and it wasnt long enough to get one side to where they said to put it... that and I couldnt even cut it to get the MBC to fit anywhere). So I go... ok no big deal, put the stock pieces back on and head to advanced. They dont have the right hose, but have one like it and get home and find out its not the right size or strength. Go back to AAP and get the right hose (this time I just road with a friend - as I did not want to redo everything again). Get some more hose, hook it all up and vuala, my 5 minutes job is now a 3 hour job. Anyways, I use some blue wire ties I bought along wit hthe new hose and get everything working (i had to mount it right on the a/c bracket on the far left of the intercooler). Now I go out to test and tune.... WOOOO boost comes on SOOOO fast now. 1st / 2nd /3rd 70 in under 5 seconds. So then I start tweaking.... yup you all know what is coming. I eventually get it to .11 MPa (~15.XX psi) and Im trying for about .12MPa (17.2psi). So instead of using the coarse setting I use the fine setting. Did 1 full turn I think and my boost didnt seem to move... at all... so then I say ok... I'll just turn the coarse a little bit. Turn it about 1/2 a turn and vuala. Im running just at .12 MPa (17.2psi)... the problem is , is that Im in 3rd and I dont realize this. Into 4th I go and BAM I dont know what it was but holy #### was it like hitting a wall. I think it was boost cut, because it didnt seem to be spiking at all. It just went up and a little past .12MPa and then it dropped and then it felt like i just tried shifting without giving any gas (a very hard slam / kick in the face). I dont know how else to explain it. I go ok no big deal, I'll just turn it down. Then I look down and wammmo CEL and Cruise light. So now Im going to go check that out on NASIOC or wherever it is and fix it. So in short:
Good: FAST FAST spool up, Tuning of PSI is awsome, easy install if they'd include all the parts needed
Bad: Missing / Doesnt have enough parts to do what it even asks. Hoses are missing, Wire ties/Clamps missing. Really sucks when you pay $1XX for a thing the size of 1/2 a dollar and its missing stuff.
Question: Do you think that I just hit boost cut and that a hose popped off to cause the CEL and blinking Cruise lights?
Thanks!
Robert~
Good:
Ok first of all, let me say this... the mod worked fine and did a REALLY good job. So without further ado...
Planning to have a 5 minutes install on my hand I went into my workshop and went at it. I felt like such a genius knowing where everything is and in the locating and such. Removed hose from actuator/compressor. So now I have that T (the t right after the 3/16" mod for those who did it) and then I go to put the MBC in. This is where Im starting to think TXS quality is missing. I have 3 wire ties to hold the hose down... there are 4 connections. The hose isnt even long enough to get ONE side to where they want it mounted (As there was only one hose and it wasnt long enough to get one side to where they said to put it... that and I couldnt even cut it to get the MBC to fit anywhere). So I go... ok no big deal, put the stock pieces back on and head to advanced. They dont have the right hose, but have one like it and get home and find out its not the right size or strength. Go back to AAP and get the right hose (this time I just road with a friend - as I did not want to redo everything again). Get some more hose, hook it all up and vuala, my 5 minutes job is now a 3 hour job. Anyways, I use some blue wire ties I bought along wit hthe new hose and get everything working (i had to mount it right on the a/c bracket on the far left of the intercooler). Now I go out to test and tune.... WOOOO boost comes on SOOOO fast now. 1st / 2nd /3rd 70 in under 5 seconds. So then I start tweaking.... yup you all know what is coming. I eventually get it to .11 MPa (~15.XX psi) and Im trying for about .12MPa (17.2psi). So instead of using the coarse setting I use the fine setting. Did 1 full turn I think and my boost didnt seem to move... at all... so then I say ok... I'll just turn the coarse a little bit. Turn it about 1/2 a turn and vuala. Im running just at .12 MPa (17.2psi)... the problem is , is that Im in 3rd and I dont realize this. Into 4th I go and BAM I dont know what it was but holy #### was it like hitting a wall. I think it was boost cut, because it didnt seem to be spiking at all. It just went up and a little past .12MPa and then it dropped and then it felt like i just tried shifting without giving any gas (a very hard slam / kick in the face). I dont know how else to explain it. I go ok no big deal, I'll just turn it down. Then I look down and wammmo CEL and Cruise light. So now Im going to go check that out on NASIOC or wherever it is and fix it. So in short:
Good: FAST FAST spool up, Tuning of PSI is awsome, easy install if they'd include all the parts needed
Bad: Missing / Doesnt have enough parts to do what it even asks. Hoses are missing, Wire ties/Clamps missing. Really sucks when you pay $1XX for a thing the size of 1/2 a dollar and its missing stuff.
Question: Do you think that I just hit boost cut and that a hose popped off to cause the CEL and blinking Cruise lights?
Thanks!
Robert~
Good: