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Old 11-19-2012, 09:22 PM
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looks awesome dude when we going to install them? i mean mines and yours lol
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Whenever man, for you I would wait until after the body shop though
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So, now that the vacuum leak is fixed things are way better. My AFR's across the board are now a bit leaner though so I will redo the tuning this weekend. It's not extremely lean, they are averaging about 11.8 in boost (rolled back to 5PSI for now). So I will take it easy driving it for now until I can get out and datalog. But all in all she drives way better.

I just can't believe that damn check valve was the issue the whole time.
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Not yet, I have to get a big wing and a front splitter. I won't be racing anything until I get this tune dialed in.
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So those brakes look ok?
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So those brakes look ok?
They look great man, I am going to touch up the paint on some areas and hopefully get them mounted soon. I was not expecting so many sets of pads,
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Yea I just bought the full set of et500 from teamrx8. They were cheap so I figured you would appreciate that
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Yea I just bought the full set of et500 from teamrx8. They were cheap so I figured you would appreciate that

You are the man, man. I owe you for the great deal, maybe I'll drive down to Houston and knock out all that work you need to get done on your car.
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Originally Posted by 9krpmrx8
So, now that the vacuum leak is fixed things are way better. My AFR's across the board are now a bit leaner though so I will redo the tuning this weekend. It's not extremely lean, they are averaging about 11.8 in boost (rolled back to 5PSI for now). So I will take it easy driving it for now until I can get out and datalog. But all in all she drives way better.

I just can't believe that damn check valve was the issue the whole time.


Famous last words ................"but I've leak tested the whole system !!!!"
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What a surprise
What's weird though is that my last sets of idle logs are perfect, no signs of a vacuum leak. But I bet under boost the leak was massive. I'm actually surprised my brakes were not affected more. I think the brakes feel firmer but it may just be in my head,
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Originally Posted by 9krpmrx8
You are the man, man. I owe you for the great deal, maybe I'll drive down to Houston and knock out all that work you need to get done on your car.
Come down to Houston and we all can grab dinner! Plus you can grab the sides and take pictures of our boosted 8's (hopefully installed soon)
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What he said^
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Sounds like a plan man. I have been meaning to get down to the aquarium and Galleria anyway
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Yea I just bought the full set of et500 from teamrx8. They were cheap so I figured you would appreciate that
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Originally Posted by Brettus
Famous last words ................"but I've leak tested the whole system !!!!"

No ****, I am still kicking myself even though the damn thing was concealed.


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Maybe you can come down to H2R and be my driving instructor once I'm set up
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Yea they were originally for me but my rx8 time is limited and the bbk was shopped around. I made a deal with you and didn't want to back out
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Got this today to clean up the vacuum lines.

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I swear you you would have an orgasm over a new flat washer with a shiny gold zinc coating
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I've gotten a half chub seeing stainless steel nuts and bolts...
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I swear you you would have an orgasm over a new flat washer with a shiny gold zinc coating

Oh you should have been there when I put my "bling bolts" on,
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Old 11-26-2012, 09:30 AM
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or when he put mine on....even that was exciting
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Battery relocated, went pretty smooth and I am happy with the results. More pics of the full install later.

Jumper terminals

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