ok, I also have another idea every photo I have seen with the catchcan shows the right side going to where you fill the oil and the left side to the intake, mine is opposite. I will try switching them.

 

So, you have yours set up to suck oil. Nice.

 

well, that didn't work, tuned the bov and it worked for a little bit (1 run around the block) and then it started up again.

 

actually it is non-directional, like I had originaly thought.

 

It should have a tube connected on the inside of one of the inlets that goes close to the bottom of the can.
That is how they are designed.
The other inlet only goes into the top of the can and is connected to vacuum or something close to it.
The tube allows the oil to go right to the bottom of the can without splashing into the other outlet.

 

when we put it together it was just a can and nothing else, nothing on the inside? But even after I switched them it still didn't run right. This problem is very confussing because when I am not driving it and I am just sitting there I can rev it well above 4000 rpm and no side effects. Tomorrow I will pull the dongle, and if someone will explain ho to install the E-01, I will load your latest map nd set it for 7 psi and see if that fixes it.

 

I doub't the dongle is causing this.

What do you need to know about the Profec install? The manual is pretty good.

 

which pressure sensor do I use know the one from the kit or the one from the e-01? where do I hook the pressure switch to the emanage or the e-01? Do I run the blue tube from the actuator to the valve, that came with the e-01, then from the valve to the port on the intake manifold? Also in the other turbo install thread I swear that wasn't me that said "your stupid" I didn't post that. If it's not the dongle then I am fresh out of ideas, got any?

 

could this be my problem?

and this be the answer/fix?

 

Probably not, if for no other reasons than 1) you are having problems before you even get into boost and 2) I am using an open-vented BOV without either of these two fixes.

Before I would install the Profec, I'd figure out where you went wrong in the install first. The Profec wont fix these issues and may make them worse.

 

Both sensors are the same and the PRofec can get boost info from the E-Manage, so leave that hooked up the way it is.
Or, if you prefer, you can hook the sensor up to the Profec and get the optional pressure harness and hook it up between the "COM" port on the Profec head unit and the boost port on the E-Manage. (This is how I have mine.)
The valve on from the Profec gets hooked up the way it is shown in the manual - between the port on the wastegate actuator and wherever you have that hooked up for vacuum/boost. (I think Greddy has you attach that to one of the nipples on the lower half of the intake manifold.)
Make sure you hook up the correct ports on the valve and that you remove all three plastic shipping plugs.

EDIT - Come to think of it, use both sensors. Leave the E-Manage sensor hooked up the way it is and add the Profe's sensor to the vacuum source (the VFAD line).

 

Well i jsut got back from the ocean but about 500 miles on my car so i have now ran about 1,500 miles on my turbo 8 and have had NO problems (knock on wood) but everything is going well .... So i know have 11,000 miles on my 8 and it is almost 2 years old ..... Well good luck horse .... But i dont ahvea clue why some people have alot of problems and some dont have any problems at all .... I think it may may have something to do with the people that install the kits no pun intended but good luck

Shane

And i now this is not in the right post but .... the meet in vivna VA is it worh driving an hour to from where im at b.c. the Fudds meet here in MD is beat ... Thanks Shane

 

Guys were having a little trouble tuning the turbo, and I would appreciate any and all advice, we are a decent bunch of mechanics but none us know an awful lot about turbos.
First, if I take it up above 4k and let it blow off, and slow down real fast the engine isn't building up enough vacuum and won't hold idle, so I have to slow down slow enough to build up vacum.
Second we were trying to set the boost at 7psi per th Greddy profec e-01 instructions, so we did the 3rd and fourth gear pulls, it will build up to about 5 psi and just start loosing boost, the only way we can get it up to 7psi is buy downshifting 5th to 4th or by getting on the throttle letting off a tiny bit letting it partially blowoff and then getting back on it and repeating this process niether last long enough to hold it and let off to set the boost.
Why are we loosing so much vacuum? Why are we loosing boost, it seems as if the actuator is just opening? What are we doing wrong, any advice on how to fix this and how to set the boost? Thanks guys with out your help were shooting in the dark.

 

Man. You are making me want to drive down there just to see what the heck is going on.

 

I wish some body could help me, we don't know why it's doing this!

 

Well, I would definitly appreciate the help.

 

Sounds like Horse should drive over to MazdaManiac...
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Toys Cam

 

i second that

 

I don't think he would enjoy driving up here with the car in that condition.

 

Where are you at?

 

Gaithersburg, Maryland. About 1/2 hour north of Washington DC.

 

It's a six hour drive from here (Burlington, NC).

 

I can't figure this problem out, I read through thte instructions again and everything is right. I'm lost.

 

306 miles. It can be done in less than 5 hours by car.

Flights are $303.

EDIT - I found flights for $160 or so.

 

speaking of driving.

We plan on moving to back to VA. Can a turbo RX8 handle a 21 hour drive? hehe