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Old May 13, 2006 | 05:35 PM
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I am going to give him a call and try to book an appointment sometime next week.
After I got that clamp tight and did some tweaking to the vacuum lines, the car feels like it pulls alot stronger then before. I will also end the dyno run at 8000rpm instead of 6800rpm. I should also add, that the car accelerates alot smoother then before and boost guage reading is very consistent now.

But for some strange reason, 1/2 gas feels just as strong as WOT? Is this becasue the turbo is too small??

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Old May 19, 2006 | 12:15 AM
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Yeah, that'll happen from time to time - especially if you are using the crappy spiral clamps that come with the kit.
I only use T-bolt clamps on the pressure-side couplings. Specifically, Turbonetics clamps. They are garanteed to not come off if properly clamped on a beaded pipe.

turbonetics spotted us a bunch of crap (t-bolts, sillycone couplers, etc) to use on the jasper supra so they could put their sticker on the car...worst crap i've ever seen--besides the stock greedy stuff. that **** was nothing but problems! i switched everything over to HTS and no more problems, ever.
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Old May 19, 2006 | 12:55 AM
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Wow. Really? Maybe they switched sources. The stuff I got from them is top-notch.
Maybe that is why they gave it to you for free.
The silicone I got from them for my setup is dual-layer fiber and high-temp flurosilicone.
After two years under the hood, it still looks new and has all of its original flexability.
The aforementioned clamps could break bones.
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Old May 19, 2006 | 01:10 AM
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dunno why they'd give rejects to a car they were sponsoring. you'd THINK they'd want the car to do well. oh well, that whole setup was retarded anyway. if i had it my way, i'd do things a lot differently, but almost everything was sponsored, so we were stuck using shitty parts.
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Old May 19, 2006 | 02:46 AM
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Yeah, that seems like a pretty dumb marketing scheme.
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Old May 19, 2006 | 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by mikefrombarrie
But for some strange reason, 1/2 gas feels just as strong as WOT? Is this becasue the turbo is too small??
No, I found this to be true before I had my car tuned. The problem was that at WOT my AFR's went so rich ~10.2 it just sapped power. At part throttle they would be acceptable ~11.2 or so.
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Old May 19, 2006 | 09:07 AM
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leading the throttle starting from low rpms always seems better to me on this car than full pedal
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Old May 19, 2006 | 01:18 PM
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^^ Yeah, that was true for me as well when I was N/A.
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