Road work = Doom - help!
Road work = Doom - help! Ok so the other day I was crusing down the road in my STS turbo Camaro, ran into a strip of road work.. I am going slowly - 15-20mph through it.. The whole way im avoiding a buncha crap, but the last 25 feet i suddenly notice some pipes sticking out of the ground.. cars next to me so i cant go around it.. I brace myself and go over it.. A bunch of metallic noises of death below my car.. After it I tried to boost 1st but it wouldnt...
I head home, and take a look under the car, find the intake pipe that goes under the cross member was owned! Coupler ripped in half, one had a gash, the clamps were gone.. the Pipe has a long dent down it.. Some time later I get the couplers replaced.. In that time I added meth, and then upped the boost..
4th gear I see 11-12psi which is what I wanted.. But 1st, 2nd, 3rd gears only see 8psi.. Anyone know what might cause that? The dented pipe? I just found it weird that I went from 10 to 12psi like I wanted in 4th but everything else doesn't reflect that.
Prior to the savage attack from the road, i saw 10 psi in 3rd and 4th.. Any suggestions are appreciated
I head home, and take a look under the car, find the intake pipe that goes under the cross member was owned! Coupler ripped in half, one had a gash, the clamps were gone.. the Pipe has a long dent down it.. Some time later I get the couplers replaced.. In that time I added meth, and then upped the boost..
4th gear I see 11-12psi which is what I wanted.. But 1st, 2nd, 3rd gears only see 8psi.. Anyone know what might cause that? The dented pipe? I just found it weird that I went from 10 to 12psi like I wanted in 4th but everything else doesn't reflect that.
Prior to the savage attack from the road, i saw 10 psi in 3rd and 4th.. Any suggestions are appreciated
sounds you dented something, id check out the pipes and maybe the wastegate/ line. wasnt on I-91 South in the rocky hill area by any chance? , i had a piece of asphalt jump up and take out a band clamp on my catback like 2 weeks ago going through there. all the sudden i heard thud, then my exhuast was really loud... freaking roadwork
sounds you dented something, id check out the pipes and maybe the wastegate/ line. wasnt on I-91 South in the rocky hill area by any chance? , i had a piece of asphalt jump up and take out a band clamp on my catback like 2 weeks ago going through there. all the sudden i heard thud, then my exhuast was really loud... freaking roadwork
it was by buckland hills mall/evergreen walk
Last edited by sujomatt; Nov 1, 2009 at 09:22 PM.
i would like to but i have a feeling they will just say some bs about my car being lowered and modded illegally or some crap
the line for the wastegates looks fine, ill double check tho - no damage to any legit parts but the pipe.. if its the pipe being dented thats causing this, wouldn't it be hitting weird boost levels in 4th gear?
it was by buckland hills mall/evergreen walk
the line for the wastegates looks fine, ill double check tho - no damage to any legit parts but the pipe.. if its the pipe being dented thats causing this, wouldn't it be hitting weird boost levels in 4th gear?
it was by buckland hills mall/evergreen walk
Def. go to a legit shop get an estimate and send them the bill. This happened to me on the interstate, no signs or anything and all the sudden about 2 miles of graded pavement, I was riding with 2 other guys to the beach and rock chips owned the front of my car, took it to a body shop sent the bill with the date of the accident, got a check ..
About the boost thing, thats a little odd could be the dent preventing in the lower gears where as the turbo can overcome it in the longer 4th gear.
About the boost thing, thats a little odd could be the dent preventing in the lower gears where as the turbo can overcome it in the longer 4th gear.
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Check the couplers also. a hole is hard to see sometimes take it off and bend it around and look for cracks. Also u have added meth is it going pig rich? or do u have a maf? If u have a maf reset the ecu it will dump the ftrm's and go back to ur custom tune drive around for like 10 mins no boost, Shut the car off wait 5 mins then start it back up and drive and slowly go itnto boost and watch ur afr you should b good. It work for me along time ago when I had a maf.
City Municipalities are sneaky, there is a provision here that if the City has no record of the damaged roadway/property prior to an incident, they aren't liable. I had the cover of a stoplight fall on my back window of my old TA, filed a complaint and went to court. The judge said that the loop hole was ridiculous but she couldn't do anything about it, even after I argued that surely the life expectancy of the bulb itself is shorter than the expectancy of the cover and therefore it should have been inspected/replaced, the City argued that they visually inspect them from the ground. Retarded.
The other thing I can think of is the dented down pipe. Recheck the waste gate line be 100% sure it isnt zip tied to tight to even close it alittle bit also check ur boost controller and insure the lines are not fubar.
i took it out today, since u guys were giving me some ideas.. wanted to see how it acts...
Every now and then it will hit target boost in 3rd but will fall back to 8psi, same with 4th - sometimes itll hit 10 and then drop to 9 - i must still have a boost leak somewhere
gonna go over everything this week
Every now and then it will hit target boost in 3rd but will fall back to 8psi, same with 4th - sometimes itll hit 10 and then drop to 9 - i must still have a boost leak somewhere
gonna go over everything this week
Last edited by sujomatt; Nov 2, 2009 at 01:31 PM.
