New owner in Va Beach.......
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New owner in Va Beach.......
'06 Evo IX, purchased in '07.....carfax shows one owner; only has 34k miles.
Has a full exhaust, some hard piping, ****ty BOV, manual boost controller and two; count 'em, TWO boost guages. An analog one on the pillar and a digital one on the column. Why? I have absolutely no idea. Sounds like it has a fuel pump as well......gonna have to pull it out to see what it is.
That's what she looked like the day of the purchase on Saturday; couldn't pick it up til Monday.
After picking ug her up I went straight to where my buddy works......
Took the fugly wing off and it was worse than I thought:
After a heat gun, buffer and electrical tape:
I also pulled the wiper off; waiting on pulling the motor til I can get a decent boot to cover it.
Sittin' in the driveway........
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Driving home today somethin' came undone...............major boost leak. Had to limp home. Time to actually check everything out, been putting off really going over the car 'cause I've been having too much damn fun driving it!!!
boost leak = running wayyyyy too rich
I knew the intercooler was ****ed up prior to the purchase; but it was holding boost and doing it's job, so what the **** did I care? BUT.......time to get the bumper off and see if we couldn't fix the mounting brackets and angle it was at.
And here was the culprit to the leak; worm clamps and not enough hose due to the intercooler being shoved up on bent brackets.......switched the worm clamps out with some real ones from up top. Getting some more on order........
All three mounting brackets were bent......
Some vice grips and some pushing and shoving gave a much better fit.
After she got put back together she ran great. Got bored and investigated the ****ty BOV; GFP......ugh. **** is all corroded and doesn't stay at the adjustment you put it at. Currently searching for a stocker.............pulled the fuel pump and was pleased to see that it's a Walboro 255Hp...........85 bucks I aint gotta spend now
boost leak = running wayyyyy too rich
I knew the intercooler was ****ed up prior to the purchase; but it was holding boost and doing it's job, so what the **** did I care? BUT.......time to get the bumper off and see if we couldn't fix the mounting brackets and angle it was at.
And here was the culprit to the leak; worm clamps and not enough hose due to the intercooler being shoved up on bent brackets.......switched the worm clamps out with some real ones from up top. Getting some more on order........
All three mounting brackets were bent......
Some vice grips and some pushing and shoving gave a much better fit.
After she got put back together she ran great. Got bored and investigated the ****ty BOV; GFP......ugh. **** is all corroded and doesn't stay at the adjustment you put it at. Currently searching for a stocker.............pulled the fuel pump and was pleased to see that it's a Walboro 255Hp...........85 bucks I aint gotta spend now