I took me evo to the grocery store and back and on the way back i stopped at a stop sign and then proceded through in first gear I hit the throttle, not wot but gave it enough to hit decent boost and I heard a weird sound not a bang or a pop but kind of a thud? I let off the throttle instantly and turned into where my neighborhood was where I turned off the car and restarted it. It fired right up and the engine doesn't make any weird sound but when I shift into first or second gear it like bumps when u drive if that makes sense and I can't hit any rpms. I limped it the quarter of a mile home and here it sits. What could it be? I was messing with my apexi turbo timer when it did it but i was just switching through the different graphics to show my mom. I just got the car so I was showing it off, guess that's what happens when you show off. I wasn't driving it that hard obviously. I was with my mother. Any help greatly appreciated oh and it has a sheppard 5 spd racing tranny installed about 10k milesish ago? I also have the stock 6 spd sitting in my garrage. would you guys say it's a tranny problem or motor problem or something else? it kind of feels like its running out of gas when i hit the throttle like limping on empty. but theirs a lil under half a tank. any help greatly appreciated.

 

It sound like one of you couplers blew off your intercooler piping. I would check there first. Same thing happened to me getting on the highway a couple weeks ago, and mine was doing the exact same thing. The coupling on my LICP blew off. Hope this helps and GL

 

thanks for the post any other ideas? I'll check there first! anyway to prevent that from happening?

 

+1 Inspect the couplings and you are sure to find one disconnected or loose.

This kit can hook you up: http://www.siliconeintakes.com/produ...roducts_id=311

 

t bolt clamps and hair spray

 

+1 on t-clamps and hairspray

 

is hairspray a joke? What would hairspray possibly do ? oh and it seems all of you were right.

 

My picture wont work for some reason, but it blew off right before the intake.

 

what does hairspray do? sounds intresting

 

Hairspray gets super tacky and will help keep the coupler's from sliding/popping off under boost

 

i am going to hairspray the pipes then when i get my car back from the shop. Thanks hopefully that fixes my problems, i also just ordered the t-clamps.

 

it happened again, should I just tight it a little or tighten it to hell?

 

tight it to hell. lol sounds funny but yea if its blowing off its because its not tied down hard enough

edit: did you try the hairspray also

 

Tight as you can get it with out breaking anything.

 

what kind of hair spray should I use? I didn't try that because I don't know what kind to use. Just borrow any kind of my sisters hair spray?

thx guys I'll tighten it really hard for once lol