Car will not make boost. Need some help

[Sprayer84]

No intercooler, no boost drop

 

[JeremyH]

Good news! How does the turbo impeller look now at idle, with the intercooler gone.

 

[05stroker]

Home Depot ftw!

 

[weather man]

No intercooler, no boost drop

Imposible! It passed the same inspection mine did!




Glad you found the issue.

 

[Sprayer84]

My intercooler didn't come with one of those sheets.

 

[weather man]

My intercooler didn't come with one of those sheets.

I don't think it matters.

 

[Sprayer84]

I don't think it matters.

Apparently is does! Lol

 

[one eyed willy]

how much drop are you getting? its normal to have some as the cooler air is more dence than the hotter air.

 

[CPRsm]

Imposible! It passed the same inspection mine did!

Glad you found the issue.

inspector probably doesn't speak engrish. But don't notify anyone about it. They will probably kill one of his family members. Wait, they don't care lol

 

[Sprayer84]

how much drop are you getting? its normal to have some as the cooler air is more dence than the hotter air.

11psi

inspector probably doesn't speak engrish. But don't notify anyone about it. They will probably kill one of his family members. Wait, they don't care lol

Neither do I at this point

 

[Sprayer84]

Neither do I at this point

Have a replacement intercooler on they way. We'll see what happens. Purchased a new one and had it overnight shipped on my dime because apparently they do not carry warranty. FML

 

[CPRsm]

Did you measure to make sure the loss was at the core itself and nothing else making that worse? Or did you get a larger one?

 

[Sprayer84]

I don't know what else it could have been. With it deleted there was zero loss. Also, it had a hole in it either way.

 

[weather man]

Did you measure to make sure the loss was at the core itself and nothing else making that worse? Or did you get a larger one?

I don't know what else it could have been. With it deleted there was zero loss. Also, it had a hole in it either way.

Could powdercoating have heated it enough to damage the internal structure somehow? Such a strange failure.

 

[Makdaddy]

Could powdercoating have heated it enough to damage the internal structure somehow? Such a strange failure.

Nope
Ill bet when he connected the EBC wrong and ran toooo much boost he damaged the IC

My Theory anyway

 

[one eyed willy]

Could powdercoating have heated it enough to damage the internal structure somehow? Such a strange failure.

I'm betting he had it installed upside down!

 

[Sprayer84]

I'm betting he had it installed upside down!

LOL!

 

[Makdaddy]

I'm betting he had it installed upside down!

UPSIDE DOWN FTMFW

 

[CPRsm]

Could powdercoating have heated it enough to damage the internal structure somehow? Such a strange failure.

No not at all. The cooler isn't mechanical. Nothing really to fail per say. Powder coat couldn't do it. Cooking the powder coat at 400 vs melting point over 1000 deg. Unless they sprayed the ever loving shit out of the inside some how

 

[RocketcarX]

So it was clogged? Is the take away from this that before when you were making "good" power you were pushing 20+ pounds of boost out of the compressor and only seeing 9 or 10 at the intake (which would mean it you read a spike in boost when the BC was installed wrong you may have been pushing 30 lbs of boost)? I would assume the new intercooler will fail again if it's the same style. the heat from that much pressure restriction would surely damage it in some way. Is it rated for 20+ lbs of boost? Is what your doing now a real fix or a band-aid sorta return to what "worked" originally? Sorry to ask so many questions, I just got a little confused reading thru this thread.