taurran : "Testing new waters" with the Turbonetics ST
Originally Posted by Alberto
Kit looks good, I like the black pipes and the turbo blanket. The car looks much meaner with the 18's as opposed to 19's, like its ready to pounce as opposed to the classier look you had with 19" wheels. Congrats on getting it back.
Originally Posted by Cux350z
been seeing a lot of dislike for RC injectors lately, why? they used to be a big, well trusted name brand .
RCs have wasted a lot of time in my life...
honestly if you added the time i have had to figure out what was wrong and replace them, it would add up to over a month.
every time was saved with a set of deatschwerks!!
Thanks again guys. And yep, after all this time, the car is back in the shop right now getting the exhaust put on. So, I'm waiting for work to be done on it again. 
I went in and checked it out yesterday, and I must say that it looks amazing. If anyone in the Tampa area is looking for a high quality custom exhaust I can refer you to a good fabricator.
Also, as I stated before the crossover pipes are still the same ones from the original turbonetics kit. I was surprsied to find this when I went in to get an estimate on the custom exhaust. I'm actually in the process of discussing the upgraded design for those with the fabricators. It should be a pretty simple process as the up-pipe itself was alrady upgraded and has a v-band to take it apart. Hopefully this will be done by next week.
And, to be honest and totally candid, after driving the car for a week I'm not really happy where its at. As I said before, it's still quite a way from actually being finished so keep that in mind.
The dyno graph you saw posted in my other thread may be a little misleading. I put it on a dynojet here in Tampa on Saturday and it didn't make nearly the power I had expected. I'm not sure what changed between when the car made big power at PF and how it's running now, but I plan to remedy it by finishing up the piping changes and getting it retuned. I also can swear the thing is detonating on pump gas at high boost.
Needless to say I won't be pushing it until I get it fixed. Don't take this as a rant, just as the honest state of it since being quiet about issues in the past hasn't really helped matters.
I'm also a bit curious as to a sound the motor is still making. I've brought it up on here before, but it sounds like a metallic sort of knocking sound that a diesel motor makes. It seems to be coming from the motor. I'm a bit confused as I originally thought it was a cam chain tensioner that was fixed at PF, but it seems to be making the same noise now. I want to see if Chris can give me a second opinion on it in comparison to his car as he has the same cams as I do. I'm also not sure if it's "piston slap" as I've never experienced it before.
Let me know if you all have any suggestions. Thanks.
I went in and checked it out yesterday, and I must say that it looks amazing. If anyone in the Tampa area is looking for a high quality custom exhaust I can refer you to a good fabricator. Also, as I stated before the crossover pipes are still the same ones from the original turbonetics kit. I was surprsied to find this when I went in to get an estimate on the custom exhaust. I'm actually in the process of discussing the upgraded design for those with the fabricators. It should be a pretty simple process as the up-pipe itself was alrady upgraded and has a v-band to take it apart. Hopefully this will be done by next week.
And, to be honest and totally candid, after driving the car for a week I'm not really happy where its at. As I said before, it's still quite a way from actually being finished so keep that in mind.
The dyno graph you saw posted in my other thread may be a little misleading. I put it on a dynojet here in Tampa on Saturday and it didn't make nearly the power I had expected. I'm not sure what changed between when the car made big power at PF and how it's running now, but I plan to remedy it by finishing up the piping changes and getting it retuned. I also can swear the thing is detonating on pump gas at high boost.
Needless to say I won't be pushing it until I get it fixed. Don't take this as a rant, just as the honest state of it since being quiet about issues in the past hasn't really helped matters.I'm also a bit curious as to a sound the motor is still making. I've brought it up on here before, but it sounds like a metallic sort of knocking sound that a diesel motor makes. It seems to be coming from the motor. I'm a bit confused as I originally thought it was a cam chain tensioner that was fixed at PF, but it seems to be making the same noise now. I want to see if Chris can give me a second opinion on it in comparison to his car as he has the same cams as I do. I'm also not sure if it's "piston slap" as I've never experienced it before.
Let me know if you all have any suggestions. Thanks.
Last edited by taurran; Jan 23, 2008 at 05:43 AM.