Had my baseline dyno run today. After the first pull and smoke coming out of the left rear wheel,maybe the strap was on the exhaust. :yikes:Hmmm.
Second run, coming to the end car maxs out at 150hp now theres flames shooting out of my caliper wtf?? :hmm:Jack up the car, wheel spins freely. Maybe the ebrake was stuck.
Next run, coming to an end the rotor is glowing red, real nice red flames coming out of my caliper.....:censor:
Take the wheel off, brake pads look fine. Take my brand new cross drilled rotor off that is now a nice glazy looking color, what do we find??? The smoldering remains of the ebrake pad....clean everything up, here's the results. One run in 4th, one in fifth. I guess these first runs all should have be done in 4th since it hits top speed in 5th before it hits redline, duh! Such a noobie on this stuff but oh well! Does this look normal/good? Car has 68K on it completely stock....old plugs, coils, fuel filter and fuel pump. All these items will be replaced in the process.
Stuart, that picture of the unit on the exhaust side was to show where the vaccum line begins. It connected to the bottom side of the OEM intake.
Dave and I went to Autozone and picked up some vaccum fittings. They obviously need to connect somewhere, we're assuming the vacuum fitting on the TS2 labeled "EGR and exhaust flap", leaving the vaccum line for the fuel pressure regulator independant of everything.
Thanks Fran i'm glad to be a part of this, the unit fits nice and snugg as it should. A few more little things and your ready to go..... Dont forget about the silicone coupler ill have to stop by and grab that so I can fab up what we talked about.
Dont worry we will def get that taken care of. I think I have all the material for it if not ill order some up tommorrow. I think the sleeve will match nicely with the lip of the SSR GT3's after a little polishing.
The vacuum line in picture #1 connects to the electric valve in picture #2. I think its called the Exhaust Gas Recirculation valve.
The black and white checkvalve in picture #2 connects to the lower vacuum line coming off the back of the intake manifold. The one with the T-fitting in it. One side of the T-fitting is for the check valve and the other is for your exhaust flap valve shown in picture #4
The hose in picture #3 goes to the upper vacuum hose on the intake manifold marked Original Fuel Pressure Regulator.
Hope all is well Fran lets get this thing finished up you know you would have rather had the top down driving to work today ??? Its like 80 Deg outside and not a cloud in the sky......
Also, I believe the black "tank" is your charcoal filter and should be connected to the fuel vent purge valve which then connects the vacuum side of the TS on the bottom of the intake elbow so it sees vacuum.
If you still have your install manual, picture number 30 shows the Fuel vent purge valve. The vaccum connection is a quick disconnect fitting shown in picture 138 which is a 3/8 line that goes under the car.
Ahhhhhhhhhhh....figured it out! The EGR valve actuator is snapped! The EGR valve vaccum line connects to this acuator and then the ACTUATOR vaccum line connects to the manifold.
This would have been a vaccum leak!
Thanks for the help guys, forced me to look real hard at it!
I got my faceplate back from the machine shop....talk about tight tolerances, there were just a few millimeters of aluminum at the bottom of the facelplate once the holes were made.
Tim......I still don't know how you accomplished this with a dremel!
FYI, I have the hole drilled as it is required for the TS3 kit. The Performance BMW intake costs a pretty penny, so AJ said it wasn't worth it and just instructed us to have the airbox drilled.
BTW, what email address are you emailing AJ at? I have sent him a couple of emails, but have yet to hear back from him.
I sent you his email via PM.... thanks for the photo, I am headed to the garage to rip that hole!
I was contemplating the BMW Performance Intake myself, it is too much money.....
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