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For some reason, the ~original fix dindn’t fix all my photos but it was about 90% effective, I’m ok with that. Give it a shot, spread the word.
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2017 top mount in place, new bypass valve, now just waiting on the throttle body/intercooler coupler to arrive so I can get the car back on the road and start the etune process again.
Back to a stock air box too, Cobb box was bling but I won"t miss it.
Last edited by Rodman (2018-04-24 12:06:27)
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Hope you remembered to reattach the BPV, Redman.
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¡kbrown wrote:
Hope you remembered to reattach the BPV, Redman.
lol yes that would be a bad boost leak. Good call upside down !kbrown
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Isn't that one iamchris?? Hath thou returnith?
Last edited by sohlman (2018-04-25 16:11:02)
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I will do my best.
Got my longer coupler x 2. Vibrant from IA Tuning and no brand on Ebay, the ebay hose looks like shit.
Will resume tomorrow, was raining today.
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Done!
Very close to getting back on the road.
Last edited by Rodman (2018-04-26 15:06:12)
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your potential boost leak but now you have another leak in front of the hood... where there is no headlight 
Looking good!
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Headlights will go on tomorrow morning, I always do my best, thank you sir. I'm going to mess around with the diverter to see if I can improve airflow but tuning is priority #1 now.
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After struggling the last few days trying to figure out why my new setup made zero boost and after troubleshooting swapping parts from my daily driver without success I decided to drop the down pipe to make sure the turbo was spinning freely. To my surprise, the turbo wasn't spinning at all, I pulled the turbo and while inspecting it a 14mm flange nut fell out from the cold side. Thankfully it didn't do any damage and the car is now spooling. Now the tuning process begins, here is a picture of said fucking nut.
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Looks like a the hardware used for the up pipe brackets and turbo to dp? How did it manage to stay in there and not find its way through the exhaust?
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Yup, I got lucky it didn’t do any damage, it was sitting on the cold side preventing the turbo from spinning.
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Started Logging, I'm on the second map revision, I can already tell I'm going to love the VF48, much better driveability.
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Pulls til redline don't it 
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I'm not there yet, because I'm going thru the e tune process I'm only pulling from 2500rpm to 5500, just got a map that will have me pulling from 2500 to 6500 rpm. I look forward to be all done with the tune so I can take it to 8000 rpm, I'll let you know when is all done. I can already tell I made the right choice going to the VF48, I hated the Blouch18 G XTR.
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hammyt wrote:
Pulls til redline don't it
Not with a vf series turbo. It's personal preference, comes down to driving style and what you want out of the car, but I still think to get the most fun out of the 207 a larger turbo is a must. Otherwise, you really don't get a chance to take advantage of the higher redline and free flowing heads. You need to accept the fact that the power band is going to shift a little to the right with a larger turbo (18g, dom 1.5 etc ), but the trade off is so worth it. From 4.3k to 8k my car rips.
I actually prefer the larger turbo for daily driving, especially with the JDM 6-speed, keeps me out of boost more and my gas mileage hs actually gotten better as a result.
Last edited by myzislow (2018-05-10 19:20:37)
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myzislow wrote:
hammyt wrote:
Pulls til redline don't it
Not with a vf series turbo. It's personal preference, comes down to driving style and what you want out of the car, but I still think to get the most fun out of the 207 a larger turbo is a must. Otherwise, you really don't get a chance to take advantage of the higher redline and free flowing heads. You need to accept the fact that the power band is going to shift a little to the right with a larger turbo (18g, dom 1.5 etc ), but the trade off is so worth it. From 4.3k to 8k my car rips.
I actually prefer the larger turbo for daily driving, especially with the JDM 6-speed, keeps me out of boost more and my gas mileage hs actually gotten better as a result.
What turbo are you running?
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I have a dom 1.5 xtr 10cm.
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I also have the jdm short gear 6 speed transmission, with the quicker spooling turbo I can actually stay in 6th gear and accelerate quickly to change lanes on the highway. Before, with the Blouch 18G XTR I would have to shift to 4th gear in order to get quickly across a lane on the highway, it also would die going up hills if I didn’t gather steam at the bottom of the climb. The VF48 has a stronger midrange from what I can tell so far. Fuel consumption seems to be about the same as before, thirsty.
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Interesting. Sounds like your tune could have been a bit off with the 18g if your car behaved that way. I do vaguely remember your car spooling a bit later than it should have, but i could be wrong. I have plenty of passing power in 6th gear with a dom 1.5, with no real need to downshift unless I'm really trying to get going quickly.
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Stephen Clark works fast, I'm now on the 5th map revision. Last night logging session was awesome, still only going from 2500-6500rpm but the car felt insane, lots of power. Unfortunately the new map also brought some knock activity so he will have to revise that. I don't miss the 18G XTR whatsoever, the VF48 is a freaking winner.
The previous setup was tuned first by STI Mikey and last was e tuned by Stephen Clark from IA Performance. It may have just been a shitty Blouch turbo, I hated it for dd but I’m curious about how the new setup will compare above 6500rpm, the old setup was good to redline powerwise.
Last edited by Rodman (2018-05-13 07:00:18)
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Because more JDM'ness
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Stock hazard button looks like shit, so worth the upgrade 
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Yes, I like the new look 
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up next!
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