aLmk's Turbo FA5

[aLmk]

Damn , it must be running on the manifold now that you wrapped the manifold, it was close before when I didn't have it wrapped

Ya it's super close. I needed to use wd40 to get the clamp on for it when it blew off. I think I'll put some dei foil on the new one and hope for the best. This coupler is also quite used which I'm sure didn't help. Didn't you put like 20k on it?
Here's the new coupler, need to cut it a bit.

[1SLOWFG2]

Yeah I put some miles on it, and that is a crazy looking reducer lol

[aLmk]

Coupler is in, I did my best to get clearance from the manifold, and I may have like 1/32'' clearance. I put dei gold foil on the coupler where it would be very close to the manifold in an effort to prevent a future failure. The awkward shape of this coupler actually gave me a tad more clearance, since it doesn't start expanding in size right away. But the fitment is still not perfect, and I don't think it ever could be without relocating the heater hose, even if I clocked the turbo some, I would run into that hose, so I think it's as good as it's going to get. If this coupler lasts 20k miles before it breaks like the last I'll be happy.

Car is not totally done though because I started ******* with my ecav line as my passenger tire rubs on it on sharp turns and will wear a hole into it if I don't change it up somehow, but I ran out of time and now I need to get ready for work.

When I get home tonight I'll finish attempting to fix the evac line, if I can't, fux it, I'll fix it another time, and then I just need to put the bumper and cowl back on and see how it goes.

[PetefromtheStreets]

Good update. I Hope for the best man.

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[aLmk]

Ya last night I actually found a perfect way to route the ecac line as I stumbled across two holes I hadn't seen before that I could use to tie the line down. That was done in like 5 mins which was awesome, then I finished putting the car back together. Today I'll be test driving it. I'm really hoping the creep doesn't come back

[aLmk]

And the creep is back..... :sadbanana:

Pretty interesting really.

Guess I'll have to modify it or something :think:

[Si Speed 317]

And the creep is back..... :sadbanana:

Pretty interesting really.

Guess I'll have to modify it or something :think:

So weird. Same exact creep?

[aLmk]

So weird. Same exact creep?

Pretty much. It just creeps faster because the car is more tuned now with more advanced ignition and proper vtec and can angles. I think the coupler has a pin hole leak in it and that counteracted the creep until the hole became as large as it is in the picture and it became obvious there was a leak because we kept adding duty cycle to the solenoid and boost didn't go up any more.

[aLmk]

New manifold is ordered, hopefully it will arrive in less than 2 weeks!

[PetefromtheStreets]

What manifold did you order?

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