Plumber's son came up to me today, and said he just got a 99' Eclipse w/ a "big garrett turbo" he claimed that falls on it's face at about 4k rpms. He bought the car already "done up". He's suppose to stop by in a bit, I told him i'd look at it today after work, I figured it was getting too much boost for the fuel to compensate for. Probably is a nonturbo motor, w/ non turbo fuel system, and non turbo ecu. not sure yet, i'm hoping the wastegate is either stuck open or the boost controller is turned the wrong way. Sounds to me like he's bought some kids ---- up of a project, but we'll see.

 

is there a point to this or

 

lol, yeah point is don't go bragging to people you work on cars or they'll drop them off at your house and make them your problem.

 

He came by, the car has a widebody kit all molded into about a 7k dollar paintjob. candy apple red... looks like a showcar, but the damn thing cut out at 4k at full throttle.. checked the boost controller, turned it all the way down.. went for a drive.. still same problem.. doesn't fall on its face completely, just cuts out like sputters. not sure what it is, I told him he might have too big of a turbo on it for the fuel system. Or the wastegate could be bad

 

Tell him to take it to someone who know's what the ---- they are talking about...

 

Lol I did. I sent him to the local old *** import grease monkey. That'll do alot of good.

 

as long as it is a turbo ecu, etc fuel compinsation at 4psi should be no problem at all for a dsm

i was running 22psi on a completely stock fuel system for over 5 months

 

FIXED

 

Check the gap on the plugs.

 

IT'S A ------- BOOST LEAK! DSM'S HAVE A ------- MASS AIR SENSOR. I GUARANTEE YOU THAT'S WHAT IT IS! THEY GET THEM ALL THE DAMN TIME. CHECK ALL THE COUPLERS. THE BEST THING TO DO WOULD BE A BOOST LEAK TEST. FORCE SOME AIR INTO THE COMPRESSOR OUTLET PIPE AND LISTEN! YOU'LL BE SURPRISED.