I have a newish 2.4lt with a TS 35r which was going like the clappers 1.5 bar at 4500 give or take... I recently bought a new BOV, Greddy Type R to replace my HKS and a new k&n filter to replace the HKS mushroom. I had 2 re do my uicp to fit the bigger BOV.

After getting it back from the shop its idle has been absolute crap, wants to cut out, power is down and its a lag monster at least a thousand more RPM to get the gates to open and when I put my hand on the throttle body its frikin crazy hot???

Boost gauge still gets to 1.5bar and seems to hold but still laggy....

The turbo is only 3months old and Im hoping its not that....

I had thoughts that there could be a boost leak somewhere which could cos the ugly idle, loss of power and higher IAT's

If anyone can think of anything else it would be much appreciated.

 

sorry to hear that mate. cap off the BOV maybe? see if it could be leaking? check for exhaust leaks?

 

Hey Mike aka *******??

Yeah pretty guttered.. car felt really strong 1st 2nd wheels spin in the dry and you could only imagine in the wet hahaha.. now It would be tuff to do any wheel spin.. lol maybe not that bad

 

yeah bro

where are you in NZ? i wanna come and have a look at your beast lol

 

update:

well my luck gets better and better... I wound the screw in on the BOV and took it for a drive... Car was a little better still laggy but felt more responsive but I started getting knock up to 15 counts which it never used to... I then did 1 last WOT pull and BANG!!! power shuts down, everything turns off, no lights, no dash lights nothing... I pull over and look at the batt... turns out the positive lead popped off... and to top it off seems as tho my evo 7 ECU is fried!!! turn the key to AC and the car tries to start but because I have valet set at 0 it wont kick over... I have no central locking either... FRIKIN SUKS right now!!!

I did have a re-map after everything was changed because it was running like crap... It seemed to run rich so it was leaned up a tad.... I'll check the fuses but would a blown fuse make the car turn over just by turning the key 2 clicks rather than 3?? I wonder if the K&N filter is more restrictive and stuffin up the maf readings?? We did notice that with the new filter the Maf resolution max's out where as with the HKS it didnt....

^^ Im in Wellington Mike.... If youre close (prob in Aucks lol) you are more that welcome to come around, although its a dead chicken right now lol. I was suposed to drive to Hamilton for the long weekend with it... Now I'll have to take the run about