So, after the So Cal Vishnu dyno day . . . i started having some problems. Pretty big ones. When i was at the dyno day, i kept saying there was a leak somewhere b/c i could hear it. After driving it around for a while, i found it, and when "they" put my TME turbo on, they didn't reconnect the hose that puts all the blowby back into the intake. No big deal. Drove it around afterwards, assuming I had fixed my problem, but something still didn't sound quite right. But i couldn't find anything, so i let it go.

Sure enough . . . "they" also didn't tighten the bolts / nuts attaching the turbo to the exhuast manifold tight enough . . . so it was leaking. Hell, one of the nuts wasn't even there anymore, and the other 3 were completely loose. I blew the gasket out eventually.

My point: aside from the ****ty luck i seem to have, i've also never thought i had a problem when there was none. literally, every single time i ***** and complain about something being wrong, something was indeed wrong. I may not be able to pinpoint the problem, but i come reasonably close.

Anyhow, everything is fixed, and things seem to be better now, but not 100%. The race gas map now "hiccups" on the same octane gas it was tuned on. The v3 sometimes takes a bit of cranking time to turn the car on, which isn't a big deal, but sometimes it makes this really horrid squealing noise that doesn't sound to good for the car. Not sure what it is.

Anyhow, excuse the *****ing. As for this particular "shop" (not Vishnu), I'm done with them. At least the install / mechanic part of the shop. The people are great and extremely helpful, but literally, every time i take my car there, something doesn't come out quite right. Every time.

 

Suks alex. Good luk

 

Alex, it is all in your mind.

 

Wonder if it had anything to do with being Vishnu tuned, etc....
I was considering having them do clutch work when the time. Oh well... there's other shops out there I can take my business to....

 

my guess, and hope, is that it isn't. They've been nothing but a pleasure to deal with, and everyone is incredibly helpful. I like the main mechanic a lot too, and he gets things done right. The problem comes when they get busy and he hands over the jobs to the rookie mechanics.

 

sux alex, when in doubt, kook the kut.

not sure how that applies in this situation, but its sound advice.

 

sorry to hear about your crappy experience. hope you get it all sorted out.

oh, and ditto on the extended cranking time. car just seems to struggle starting up now a days. another evo around here running v3 also has these problems. i haven't gotten the squealing noise you're talking about though.

 

Didn't Alex just say that this problem was related to a mechanic, at a shop other than Vishnu, doing a poor job on his 10.5 install? How would this detour you from Vishnu? Just wondering?

Also, when you start wrenching on cars, things don't usually go as planned. You've got an awesome car! Enjoy what you have!

 

Alex, your tune may be off. Think of it this way; if you had a leak in the turbo set-up, the numbers used to tune the car would have been different than they are now.

Now that your system is airtight, your boost may be up, your air fuel may be richer or leaner. Keep off the gas until you can get it re-tuned. Definately invest in AAA platinum towing

I'd drive it out to RRE and have them check the system out and tighten everything down. I've heard good things about them - like you don't have to worry about workmanship because they check everything twice.

The owner of Harmon Motive in Torrance says he's tuned xede's and has an awd dyno. He can probably check the tune settings for you. He's the only guy nearby w/ a dyno I know nearby besides Brainstorm in Culver City, and I don't know if they'd know an xede from an Exedy.

Then I'd touch base w/Vishnu just to go over the settings to make sure all is cool.

IMHO of course, just some thoughts.

Good luck!

 

I read it as Noodle was considering the shop that screwed things up, not Vishnu......

 

I think he was asking about the possibility that they might not have taken as much car b/c it was a Vishnu-tuned car. But again, i doubt that, since they are pretty alright guys.

 

PM me if you wanna know why i'm laughing

 

i'm hoping the tune isn't TOO off. seems to be ok on the pump gas map. boost doesnt seem to have changed much. when it was tuned, it was a small leak, that eventually got bigger. but here's hoping . . .

 

Damn, if you weren't running around on V3, you could use my maps to see if they make a difference and clear up any issues. I know you can easily convert maps from V2 to V3, but I wouldn't want to do it without Shiv or Dustin walking me through it the first time.

 

I need to figure a couple other things out too. the car is still giving me a headache and killing me slowly. I need to figure out where the leak is