I was driving around with my friend last night, hitting 1.0 bar boost along the freeway(it was empty) and my car felt fine.

Today, an RX-8 with a CF hood, but no exhaust came up on me and started to pull away, I felt that my car was a little sluggish and it didn't hit boost quickly . So i set my boost controller to 1.1bar. Then i slowly caught up, and boosted in 5th gear, he was pulling a bit and i only hit .7 by then, so i shifted down to 4th gear.

and my car still didn't feel right. I hear my boost controller beeping, hitting 1.1 bar mark, and i checked my gauge. Sure enough, it hit max boost. I shifted to 5th and the same thing would happen, but it feels like my stock turbo....

afterwards I took an exit and i felt my car trying to stumble. Right after I turned, my car stalled and i realized I have a FAT vaccum leak...

I realized that a IC pipe came loose (and i have a T-bolt clamp on there too ) and the pipe came out easily! I was so disappointed with my car and now i am sharing my defeat with u guys....

 

Damn that used to happen to me all the time.. That's why I always carry a 1/4" socket screwdriver with me, and once every week or so I make sure my clamps are tight.

Maybe you will cross paths again

 

yeah the house between the turbo and that ABV thing would pop off all the damn time. it angers me

 

the bad thing was, i knew it was gonna happen so i used T-bolt clamps....
but then it was the T-bolt clamp that failed...(maybe i didn't tight it enough though)

anyways, i guess lesson learned (third time actually.... while racing.... the first was on the track, with a neon SRT-4 )

so, here goes Samco silicone couplers!

(and i thought my other friend who sat in my car was making it slow.... he was kinda chubby =D)

 

I bet that RX-8 was NA. LOL How much power are you putting to the ground with that GReddy slug? I've always wanted a TD-06 20G.

 

The last dyno, at 6800 rpm .9 bars was 350rwhp

since then, some minor mods, and such, and i raised the boost to 1.1bars...

yeah, i retightened my T-bolt clamps today, and i'll change my couplings along with it...(it is getting old anyways)