uh,
that would be a vacum leak... as to the silver stuff... the artic silver is a great discription, but i have no idea..

beers

 

Nope, not a vacuum leak. A vacuum leak is after the throttle body.
Air was being drawn in after the airflow meter. This allowed for a lean condition because this air was not metered. This would be most noticible at idle when the airflow was small.

The silver stuff is lubricant used when making the bends in the aluminum tubing. Nothing to worry about. You can wipe it off if you don't like it.

 

got it, but a leak none the less... would not that area be under vacuum when not in boost??? i am trying to get this concept into my head...

thx,

beers

 

It shouldn't be under any sort of traditional "vacuum" - that would be the indicator of a restrictive intake.
However, the pressure would be lower than ambient (since air is flowing). Not a significant amount, I'd hope.

The throttle acts as an intentional restriction. The rotating motor is trying to draw in air, but the butterfly keeps it from acheiving the desired flow. This yeilds a vacuum in the manifold.

 

thx,
not i got to go find a diagram of the greedy kit.. it will come to me... got the symptoms right...

beers

 

Just fitted everything back on, huge overall boost of power. I can't believe the ENTIRE fitting just came off.

 

I can't believe you drove it that way.

I keep a very basic set of tools in my car at all times.
Every car I've ever owned has lost a charge pipe at some point for some reason, so I'm prepared.
It is usually the ones that are connected to the intercooler because they get banged around a lot.
However, since I switched to Turbonetics t-bolt clamps, I haven't had one come off.

 

I do need to point out that it wasn't the Interceptor that had the problem afterall. Many people have blamed it for problems that it hasn't been responsible for and I just thought it would be nice to exonnerate Scott since he has been the one that has worked extremely hard (and been repeatedly criticized without cause!) to give us a good and reliable product superior to any other ecu currently available for the car.

 

I don't know about "superior", but it is effective.

I'd add that the vast majority of problems people face with the various solutions are, in one way or another, "user error" rather than an inherent failing of the components in question. There is a fundamental lack of understanding that this sort of modification is not a casual one and requires an intellectual investment.

These EMS boxes are just tools. It is up to you to use them effectively. I always prefer to do the job with what is available and walk the path less traveled, rather than get on the highway with everyone else - hence my resistance to merely accept any particular "P-n-P" solution.

Hands matter.

My favorite comparison would be David Lindley to Eric Johnson.
Both produce astounding music, but one does it with an arsonal of high-thech goodies and the other with whatever junk is available.
That's why "Running on Empty" sounds better to me than "Cliffs of Dover".

But I digress...

 

That was the whole point. Typically when people try to use something they don't fully understand, the first thing they blame when a problem arises is the product rather than thir own abilities.

Nothing wrong with that if you have the skills which you obviously do. I build/adapt a lot of my own things as well.