well fixed it. not sure what the hell it was but it boosts now. I ripped everything apart cleaned the intercooler again, tested everything i could think of that would cause it to not boost and put it back toghether and it works so im happy.

 

bet you had a boost leak when you put it back together the first time adam

 

I was going to say if you hadn't fixed it yet. Fill the IC up with gasoline, it will probably eat the foam out of any of the internal fins and such. Then you could use a compressor again to clean it out. Get a god damn reducer coupling and use a proper K/N filter or clamp some screen mesh. Little foam filters like that are garbage.

 

Isn't it like an oxymoron to call something ------ rigged on HOMEMADEturbo?


Regardless, there isn't much of the filter gone, so I don't think it would cause all that much problem. No filter and open downpipe is where it's at.

 

First thing I would have done would be to replace the intercooler with just a straight piece of piping and drive it a short distance to see if it fixed the problem. Obviously if it has the power back it did before, or more than it did, then your intercooler is the problem. I wouldn't drive it too long though, maybe one or two pulls before everything gets nice and heat soaked.

This is called the process of elimination. :P