My rebuild thread
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Thanks everyone. We still have some tweaking to do, the hd roll bar and harness will be put on over the next few weeks then I'm preping the car for the dragon. As it sits now it's a blast to drive. Jeff did a great job with the tune. Off boost the car drives just like stock, zero hiccups so far. My hi/low boost is controlled through my cruise control on/ off button. Low boost is set at 8 psi around 350 whp and that feels great for everyday driving. Hi boost is boost by speed and reaches 18 psi by the top of second. It's been a bit cold around here in ma so I haven't really driven the car hard yet but I did do a few quick short shifting pulls on the highway and the car feels very strong.
^yes this is a stock frm build. I haven't seen anyone here go this route yet, so I will offer as much feedback as I can if any issues arise.
One note to everyone, do not run your lines for the catch can off the front of the valve cover like I did. I need to go back and fix this as there is a ton of oil slosh and my catch can fills up in a matter of minutes. If there is not enough room for a baffle Im going to either run a return line from the bottom of the can back to the block or relocate the lines entirely.
^yes this is a stock frm build. I haven't seen anyone here go this route yet, so I will offer as much feedback as I can if any issues arise.
One note to everyone, do not run your lines for the catch can off the front of the valve cover like I did. I need to go back and fix this as there is a ton of oil slosh and my catch can fills up in a matter of minutes. If there is not enough room for a baffle Im going to either run a return line from the bottom of the can back to the block or relocate the lines entirely.
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Well I was having an issue with the car loosiing power and the turbo not spooling. This problem I believe began on the dyno during tuning. If you look at my curve it really doesnt follow the usual power curve of a gt30. I also were not making the power we should have at 18 psi of boost. Once i got the car home it just felt really laggy and was progressively losing boost pressure. I also started to hear an exaust leak. Well finally got under the car today to source down the problem. Come to find out my Synapse wastegate was basically split in half. 
So now I have to replace it and go for a retune. I will post up the results when I can get back to Jeff Evans.
So now I have to replace it and go for a retune. I will post up the results when I can get back to Jeff Evans.
