Feels like I'm hitting a brick wall. Help!

[DSMGrasshopper]

I didn't know how to start searching for info on this. Usually I can find everything I need and I never have to post. Anywho here is the problem.

Long story short I do a burnout and thrash my clutch. No big deal because it was stock so now I can upgrade so I did. I decided to get an ACT 2100. I haven't driven the car hard because I know there is a break in period but after about 300 miles I take the highway. This is where I have some trouble. Not accelerating hard I get up to 70 and put it on cruise. It was crazy windy outside and during a wind gust or two it felt like my clutch started to slip but I looked at my tach when it happened and it was pretty steady.

But maybe it isn't the clutch? I noticed in my burnout video after a little bit I hear a very high pitch whine. Also it seems when I slowly decelerate I also hear a whine that wasn't there before the burnout. Don't know what that is.

It seems when I thought, "why waste tires? why not have fun with the old", I should have thought, "burnouts are evil money pits. stay away!"

I know theres plenty of wisdom on this site to help me through my young ignorance. (hence my name "grasshopper") Oh and I have a 98 GS-T. Thanks!

 

[TwoLiterLaser]

Did you keep the stock flywheel?

 

[95TalonOwner]

So where is this "brick wall" you are hitting?

 

[DSMGrasshopper]

Yes i kept the stock one but it was machined.

It happened around 3000 rpm. Is that what you are asking?

 

[TwoLiterLaser]

How far into the RPM's did you take the engine when you did the burn-out?

 

[DSMGrasshopper]

It got to around 6500 but i never hit the rev limiter

 

[TwoLiterLaser]

Did you actually break loose the tires or just spin the clutch?

 

[DSMGrasshopper]

No i made quite a bit of smoke. The videos on youtube.com if it would help the diagnosis. Search eclipse burnout jad.

 

[TwoLiterLaser]

So if you broke loose your tires, why did your clutch die?

 

[DSMGrasshopper]

I don't rightly know. I do know that I bought an abused car so maybe I was just the straw that broke the camel's back. Although I never had trouble with my clutch before the burnout.

 

[TwoLiterLaser]

It is possible the noise is either a wheel bearing or a bearing in the tranny. Can you tell where the noise comes from?

 

[DSMGrasshopper]

Anyone think the whine I hear and the "brick wall" could be related? Are there even any ideas of what the whine is? My mechanic said wastegate but he also said he didn't have his "turbo guy" look at it.

 

[TwoLiterLaser]

Do a boost leak test. Once again, where does the noise seem to be coming from?

 

[DSMGrasshopper]

I'll make that homemade pressure tester and find out tomorrow. Thanks for the help.

 

[TurboAnything]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0yjihg4cH4E you could have a big boost leak better check that turbo out as well. That video is crazy it looks like your trying to destroy your motor!

 

[DJYoshaBYD]

sounds like you have a massive boost leak that is causing you ti hit fuel cut... Ill bet the whine you hear came from a line or hose that busted when boosted (sorry about that one ... Just do a boost leak test... that will eliminate alot of the problems that it could be

 

[95blackGsTurbo]

The noise you could be hearing could also be coming from the trans. I have seen guys break stuff at the track because they do a burnout then just let off the car and the quick stop is very hard on a trans. Get the boost leak test done first then see what happens. Either way that was a stupid thing to do.

 

[oldman]

Yea, boost leaks will cause fuel cut because they make your car run rich, which means your stock injectors cant handle the ammount of fuel which leads to fuel cut or like you said hitting a brick wall.

Umm no.....Boost leaks causes fuel cut because your air flow reading sky rockets, not because you're running out of fuel.

 

[oldman]

Ummm did i say anywhere in my post that he was running out of fuel?

Then explain what you mean by this.

which means your stock injectors cant handle the ammount of fuel which leads to fuel cut

 

[oldman]

I was saying he was getting too much fuel for the stock injectors.

Still doesn't make any sense, at least not to me, do you know how injectors work? How would that have anything to do with fuel cut anyway? You would have been better off leaving it at "running out of fuel" as your first statement SEEMS to imply (as in high IDC), now you're just digging yourself a bigger hole.

 

[Jeff822]

Did everyone a favor and deleted my posts.

 

[DSMGrasshopper]

Turned out to be a massive boost leak. The ring clamp fell off my intercooler.

 

[SnowBird]

At least you figured it out, when I saw your title I automatically thought you were referring to fuel cut.

 

[oldman]

This thread is about done.