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what a difference
i just relized, i have a down pipe exhaust leak right were the pipe mates with the turbo witch will get fixed tomorrow. the weird thing is i had the hyper tech contoller installed stage three and my bully dog came in. i installed the 75hp program and it was puffing black smoke and fluiding the engine because the turbo was spooling super slow, im guessing because of the exhaust leak. so i took down to the 50hp program and wow what a difference black smoke and was moving better than the hyper tech in stage three. but still a little slow due to the exhaust leak thats what im hoping is keeping the turbo from spooling up. i cant belevie how ****ty hyper tech in stage three is compared to the bully dog stage one. and i have some black smoke. do you guys think the exhaust leak is keeping the turbo from spooling faster?
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Originally Posted by puffer
i thought if the exhaust leaks out, it loses presure to keep spooling the turbo
now on the other hand if you have a leaky manifold, manifold to up pipe donut, up pipe to collector donut, or collector leak that is when you will be losing pressure that will affect you negatively.
edit: do you have a pic of where the leak is occuring? is there any soot. you may wanna climb under and over and do some looking for leaks at all the connections.
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Yeah 1997's right. I had a leak in my exhaust manifold that I couldn't stop by just tightening everything down. Pulled the manifold this weekend and milled it, added a gasket, and it definitely made a difference in performance. You might want to take a close look around and try to see if anything else is leaking. I found mine when I was changing oil (cylinder above filter). Good luck, aloha.
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Originally Posted by watermanh
Yeah 1997's right. I had a leak in my exhaust manifold that I couldn't stop by just tightening everything down. Pulled the manifold this weekend and milled it, added a gasket, and it definitely made a difference in performance. You might want to take a close look around and try to see if anything else is leaking. I found mine when I was changing oil (cylinder above filter). Good luck, aloha.
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if it were me i'd slap some copper RTV on there with no gasket. A lot of turbo mustang guys are doin that.
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I installed a FEL-PRO gasket, part #MS93489. I got it at a local Redline Automotive. These guys have just about everything I ask for in stock. I didn't go to the stealership, as it seems that no matter what I go there for, they need to order it. Hope this info helps, aloha.
