Turbo Swap Woes Options

[Turbo Tension]

Well the car is running, very strongly too 8) However I have three things left to take care of that are annoying.

-My tap in the vacuum lines for a boost gauge is no longer sealing right and the focker howls like a banshee between -10 and 3psi

-Both turbos were smoking very heavily (normal I'm told for new turbos) but now the back one seems to persist...possible oil leak :shock:

-I managed to be ULTRA SLICK and somehow disrupt the harness on my oil pressure sending unit so I gotta dig under the car and check to see if I managed to unplug it with the damn rear heat shield.

All of these are minor, and the car is running STRONG!!!!!

[Turbo Tension]

Okay, I went out to the country today. My car doesn't launch like it used to. a 5000rpm dump nets me all 4 chirping, but then it bogs just a little bit. my guess is that when the 9b's rocketed up to 15psi, that kept the car from bogging. Between 3000 and 5000 the car is definitely a not as quick as it used to be, but after 5k it pulls VERY hard all the way to 7200rpm.

Most fun though was rolling along at 20mph, and punching in the clutch real quick while going WOT. It engages at about 5000 and the car is GONE!!! I mean GONE, I've never felt it pull like that.

I suspect that when I get the boost up I'll have the ability to launch hard again. Until then I'm going to have to moderate the clutch a bit, and yes, that will burn it up.


Sudden engagement = tough on tranny
Slow moderated engagement = bye bye Disk

I have however heard of people using ACT 2600 and 3100 pressure plates with OEM disks with very much success..supposedly good til you get down to the 11s. When my disk goes thoug, I'm going with RPS's Carbon disk and flywheel. Looks like good shit.