Big time help, new turbo no burnout!

[fett87]

Slapped on a te-44 turbo and terry houston downpipe and now i can no longer achieve a burnout, i get to about 6 or 7 psi ( or so it says on stock gauge) instantly and then nothing, i take off and the lag is unbarable for the first few psi then at high rpm it takes off, any body else hae problems with their te-44? any help would be great

 

[Tony87gn]

I believe that would either be converter related or you have a massive exhaust leak. Look into both of those. i dont know what converter you need with that turbo but I imagine the stock one would be sufficient.

 

[fett87]

i have stock converter on, i just pulled off headers today and fixed all the leaks and cracks, my crossover pipe has a leak but its not anything that would cause this kind of lag

 

[JC Turbo]

Have you tried checking the wastegate puck to the wastegate hole alignment? The hole may be larger than the puck. I would make sure you have no exhaust leaks prior to the turbo. You said that the crossover pipe is leaking but not bad. I would not rule it out. Check the wastegate hole and puck.

 

[fett87]

no, i have not check the turbo hole, but what if the wastegate puck is to small how do i fix this?

 

[jerrad]

I had the same problem and it was because I was running pig rich.

 

[GNVYUS 1]

Are you getting to your desired boost level?

If not, you may need to adjust the rod IN further.

But I agree, it sounds like a wastegate hole/puck issue. When you get this figured out, it might be a good time to go to a Manual Boost Controller ( MBC ) since you have the stock TQ converter.

Brake torque it and tell us your BLM #.

 

[NCTURBOS]

A.) I wouldn't trust that stock boost guage you're looking at.

B.) What exhaust housing is on the turbo? This sounds about normal for one with a Precision housing instead of a Garrett housing.


K.

 

[fett87]

wastegate pucks covers the turbohole plenty enough, its got .63 on the exhaust housing i think, will try to lean it out a bit and see what happens, no clue what blm means, i dont have a scanmaster

 

[lordmikef]

I had the same problem and was sure it was a converter problem for weeks and then realized i had an exhaust leak between the turbo and the downpipe.

 

[lordmikef]

My bad. Not the downpipe, between the turbo and the exhuast.

 

[NCTURBOS]

its got .63 on the exhaust housing i think

.63 Garrett or .63 Precision?? There's quite a difference between the two.


K.

 

[fett87]

Precision

 

[NCTURBOS]

Precision

At least part of the problem right there.


K.