5SFTE Project, Been running since may...small updates! Options

[6strngs]

Thanks. I still want to know what you're using as an intake hose though.

Check if your stock intake fits over the turbo inlet. You can use that temporarily... heck, I used my 3s-fe stock intake tube for over 10k miles with no problems on my old 3s-fte. You'll need some adapter or small bit of pipe to put a cone filter on the end.

I no longer have the stock intake tube. my mom threw it away after I put my injen on. I was thinking of just taking the filter off the injen intake and sticking it directly to the turbo temporarily. but idk.

[presure2]

im just using some crappy autozone "dryer hose" like intake hose.
its SUPER getto.
i plan on fabbing up a nice 3" intake this summer at some point.

[6strngs]

any updates? still running? get the exhaust yet?

[Defgeph]

Clean set up man. You were rocking this weekend.

[Batman722]

Clean set up man. You were rocking this weekend.

and a pic

[jcaron9gt4]

got my muffler on...not too loud, at least for now untill i get a different dp. But still running strong after a couple weeks. Havnt takin it to the dyno yet, waiting to get my first paycheck to get a couple of things. My first purchase is def. going to be a water injection kit that will get oredered by the end of the week. That should hopefully clear up the fuel cut at high rpm's. But hopefully tomorrow manny and i are going to wideband my car some more and get it to run a little smoother. here's some videos of my bov and a little run at 7psi...havnt turned it up yet untill i get everything in tip top shape!!
Thanks alot jeff! i only hope that one day, my celi can be as nice as yours lol.

bov
a little boost

[jcaron9gt4]

alright guys, so im ready to almost put my car on the road again for winter break....so today i figured would be a good day to take off all my piping and clean my pipes.....and what a surprise i found! i had known my turbo leaked some oil, but on the cold side of the piping, up to the intake, i found so much sludge of both oil and W/I fluid. Its sort of a light brown color. But i found so much....i dropped some of my piping, and about a cup and a halfs worth came out. I was kind of scared as to why there was so much. However, on the hot side, there is virtually none. Does anyone know why there would be so much????

[CaliJeff]

dont kno why there would b so much, but is it possible that ur intercooler may be slightly clogged?

[jcaron9gt4]

dont kno why there would b so much, but is it possible that ur intercooler may be slightly clogged?

im not too sure, but i was wondering how i would go about cleaning my intercooler, can i run a hose through each ends?

[6strngs]

dont kno why there would b so much, but is it possible that ur intercooler may be slightly clogged?

im not too sure, but i was wondering how i would go about cleaning my intercooler, can i run a hose through each ends?

as long as it gets completely dry before you re-install it, then I don't see why you couldn't. it's made of aluminum, so it won't rust.

[CaliJeff]

sounds like a good idea to me, but i say google for some info.

[jcaron9gt4]

update: Cleaned out all my pipes/intercooler and started her up. Seems to be running alot better now that everythings clean. Now i only have to wait 3 more weeks to get her back on the road!!! yayyyyy!!

[jcaron9gt4]

bringin back my thread!! anyways, i've noticed on long runs, my engine will smoke a bit. now i say engine, because i can't tell where it's exactly coming from. It seeps through the vents and sides of my hood after its been running for about an hour or so. it's not over heating or anything though. So my guess is that theres just not good ventilation inside my bay. I have a stock hood and still my stock bumper. Could this be part of the reason why it might be getting so hot in there that it begins to smoke?

[jcaron9gt4]

anybody?

[6strngs]

mine did the same. it's most likely some oil or some other kind of leak dripping onto something hot like your exhaust or something.

[jcaron9gt4]

how bad was yours? mine is like alot when i come to a rest.

[monkey]

hmm what color smoke? whats it smell like? left or right side?
edit for crapppy grammar


This post has been edited by monkey: Jun 7, 2008 - 2:36 PM

[jcaron9gt4]

its white if id have to give it a color. And its neither the left or the right. The only thing i can think of is either i have oil dripping on my exhaust like 6strings said, or its just getting so hot in there, that the heat is smoking up.

[monkey]

smells bad? i think ur burning oil because of a leak... check ur engine bay and look for wet greasy splockes or sprey....

[jcaron9gt4]

my whole engine bay is full of speckles of oil lol. I had an incident a few years back where i lost almost all my oil everywhere in my bay. Ive tried cleaning it so many times, it just wont get clean. I think it might be the exhaust, ive looked under a few times and always see my exhaust right where it meets my downpipe, sizzling. Maybe i can wrap it or fabricate a heat shield to sit right above it....not too sure.