Subject	Have you ever owned or been in a z before?
Posted by	pearlzed(toronto) on April 03, 2010 at 10:27 AM
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In Reply To	Sorry, but I have a question about boost. posted by CoHPhasor on April 03, 2010 at 04:46 AM
Message	you should be able to tell if the car is boosting properly. like when you step on it can you here the turbos spooling up? If youve never been in a car comparable to a z in power, you should be able to tell based on the fact that if you step on it in say second gear, if its not scary fast, then you probably have an issue with boost. There are plenty of z owners in SF, so if worst comes to worst and you cant figure anything out, im sure someone would be able to just hop in the car and tell you if your gauge is not working, or if your turbos arnt. IMHO buying an aftermarket boost gauge is not diving deep at all, you will probably end up getting one anyways because you would want to know how your boosting.
Follow Ups	Sorry, but I have a question about boost. - CoHPhasor 04:46:57 04/03/10 not sure if I read that correctly, but sounds like you have - LJZTT 05:20:25 04/03/10 Definitely what I'm trying to figure out - CoHPhasor 05:24:09 04/03/10 lower than that actually, but the OEM gauge is "approximate" - LJZTT 05:50:57 04/03/10 interesting. Either I'm -12:0, I'm higher and it's lying, or - CoHPhasor 05:56:54 04/03/10 what I am trying to say is dont worry about the numeric - LJZTT 11:31:09 04/03/10 Sounds like a seized turbo. - Draker (Eugene, OR) 15:02:11 04/03/10 An easy gauge check - ConVerTT 11:02:59 04/03/10 My test gauge was $15 from Pepboys. - Woody75 (Denver) 12:07:39 04/06/10 I'd pull the down pipes off and check for a seized turbo. - Wright (Ca) 09:50:39 04/03/10 if the boost leak is THAT big, the car wont rev much past 3k - LJZTT 11:33:55 04/03/10 Have you ever owned or been in a z before? - pearlzed(toronto) 10:27:44 04/03/10 I was out today, but will look deeper. May need an SF Z'er. - CoHPhasor 01:55:39 04/04/10 Ok, finally got to check it out, - CoHPhasor 04:45:10 04/07/10 Still sounds like a bad/frozen turbo. - Woody75 (Denver) 07:35:01 04/07/10 That stinks. So pull the pipes to gain access to them? - CoHPhasor 11:59:04 04/07/10
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