Neither have I. But it's definately worth a shot.

 

well leave it to me to have these problems thats just my luck i had a lemon before that had to be bought back and it was a scion tc believe it or not but yes ill try everything you throw at me sh** like this make me want to by a TL

 

what about if i unhook the wires from the ecu would that work also

 

No, you have to reset it at the battery.

Btw, Sean Ivey (IveyTuning) says there is a built-in boost cut that will most likely hit right after you install an exhaust, especially if untuned. You did say none of this happened until you installed the exhaust, right? See if the ECU reset works, but if not, then I think this is what's happening...it's specific to the IX ECU and doesn't happen to VIIIs.

 

yes right after the exhaust on the stock exhaust i could run whatever i wanted not now and i already think i know the answer to this but my car was alot faster with the stock exhaust isnt that crazy

 

It was faster, because the boost was normal. Now, you aren't seeing even stock boost levels, so of course it's slower/weaker.

 

one other thing i ment to mention along time ago which i think this is normal it SMOKES prettty bad but its black so i figure its just running rich but the thing that scares me is i cant get a reflash till end of jan now

 

Al now has mail-in Dynoflashes available if you want to go that route. $249 with quick shipping of your ECU to/from Connecticut.

 

yeah id be all over that i just cant scrape up the money who knows what christ mas will bring but do you think that in my case especially i notice a huge gain because ill also be able to run more boost i wonder how much

 

Is your MAF sensor plugged in?

 

yes definatly that and i did a did a diagnostic on it and all it said it was cat insufficent so ive pretty much look from every angle thats why i flustered but im guess i try what warrtalon said

 

hey what about an safcII i heard ams is doing one

 

well i basically had the same issue hes having, happen to me when i put on my turboback. so i figured what helped me might help him. i guess once he resets his ECU, we'll find out if that the problem. hopefully it is. i would hate to see him having some major issues with his car

 

yeah ur running rich. those are the same problems i was having when i installed my exhaust. i was hittin fuel cut by 5000rpms and a lot of black smoke was coming out my pipe. i dont know what the ECU does, but once u put on a exhaust something changes. i guess it senses less backpressure or a higher exhaust flow. but it tends to dump extra fuel in from what i seen.

so before u go gettin a mail-in flash or safc2. reset ur ecu by either the negative ternimal or ecu fuses (since u have an 06'. the fuses should be the 2 small "20" fuses. 03-04 have a "15" and "20". make sure to look at the diagram on the fuse box so u pull the right fuse). dont pull the wires from the harness that is just more work and very unnecessary. im more than confindent that this will solve ur problem.

 

well i apreciate all of your guys help with this ill go try that as soon as i leave work see what happens i just want it to run right