There are a few people who jumping to a few conclusions on here, and as most conclusions go.
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they are the wrong ones.
Lets start with
the manual boost controller.
The idea behind that is not to run over boost, no, its to turn the boost down as low as possible whilst diagnosing the faults.
Upgrades.
No upgrades are being fitted to this car untill she is running right.
The upgrades as in
(bigger stainless intercooler with fan) and manifold(which prob wont be going on) where purchased from the seller for buttons when i bought the car.
The car is not being thrashed about every time its tested to see if anything has had an effect/change.
Now then after clearing that up
Took car to Turbo toms for a look over, happily he confirmed my own opinion on the car, that the engine is sound and so is the turbo, he checked ignition timing for me and we discovered it was adjusted all the way to one side at dizzy end.
Ignition timing has made the car a little better but still not right.
We decided next course of action was to get the down pipe off, unfortunately tom was busy with his own jobs so I took my car home.
Any hoo, got home 1st job was a simple one, we were worried that leaving the original BOV in place as the previous owner had done but with the aftermarket one in place, we might have leakage probs.
I created a bung to block this off, took the car out and it was markedly better, this current setup will be temporary till i can sort out a proper final solution.
The next job proved to much harder and less fun
As most jobs go it started easily, with removal of hot and cold pipes from the intercooler, then Jacked the car up and popped on axle stands and wood block under tyres.
Then the fun began trying to get the down pipe off!
boy!! there isnt much room to play with and the nuts securing it on are so difficult to get to.
Any way after a certain amount of cursing I got the down pipe off.
Why'd you take the down pipe off Paul'y??
Well I'll tell you, 2 reasons
1 to test the wastegate and be able to see it operating and
2 the gasket was shot at and needed replacing anyway
(cheapo gasket)
I'm hoping the exhaust manifold gasket is ok as i dont want to have to take the mani off if i can help it.
The exhaust system sounded blowy, I had already found a leak on the underside of this gasket(wastegate-downpipe) but with the hot cold pipes removed, could see from above the top was shot at too, Hopefully this was the only leak/blow.
One partial theory is the leak/blow post turbo may effect negatively on the exhaust back pressure????
But even if it doesnt, that gasket needs replacing and wastegate testing.
Next job today Is to check the cam timing.
I'll pop some pics up later
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