[Gotter]

So I finally got to pick up my car yesterday. Very excited. Many things fixed besides the SC install. Wipers now work, A/C blows cold... several things corrected. Opened, the hood, took in the glory of the SC, charged the battery real quick.... and took off down the road. About 15-20 miles down the road, after getting on the highway (and well after the 100km/under 4000rpms break-in phase) - sputtering and sooty black smoke coming out the exhaust. Initial thought was compression or something affecting the gas/air mix.... but no clue what it was. Especially with the multitude of things that just got touched in the shop. I called the shop, they suggested maybe water got in the fuel from sitting for a month. I decided that since the problem wasn't getting worse - and I was now 50% through my trip home - that I would press on and call Flash when I got home.



I called Flash and we had it figured out in about 5 minutes with me standing with the hood open. Can you see the problem? We got a good chuckle out of it, I fixed the issue (see second pic), and went back out on the road for about 5 minutes. HUGE difference, and the response I expected from laying down the hammer. WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE!!!!! Can't wait to get it out on the highway for real this time!



Many thanks to Flash for his expertise and personal attention to each and every one of his followers and customers. The world would be a better place if it were filled with Flashes!!!



J.C.

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[banditsc]

Guess that hose slipped some... Should go much better now.

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[Scott Collins]

Better than a loose fuel line.... Glad you got it sorted.

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[flash]

lol - it was pretty funny. i think he wasn't quite sure how to approach me about the problem, though i have always been very open about letting me know if there are any problems. i want these things running perfectly and have no issues helping resolve any weird stuff.



anyway, i got an email asking me to call, so i did. i asked how much he loved the car, and i got a response about black smoke and down on power. not exactly what i was hoping for. immediately i started looking for either a major vacuum leak or a boost bleed off. i told him to start looking at hoses. it didn't take long to find the problem. he was bleeding all of his boost into the atmosphere, but still feeding the fuel to the engine the ECU told it to for boost, without the boost to use it. the result was very rich running!



all better now. woohoo! i can't wait for the reviews when he gets a chance to really go and drive it. it's so cool to see people out there having fun with these kits.

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[Gotter]

Had a ton of fun next to a Mustang 5.0 this afternoon..... <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/smile.png" class="smilie" alt="" />

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[tamathumper]

Better than a loose oil cooler line!

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