boosting problem

[meclipse]

my car has a 16g ported clipped with a turboxs boost controller. the problem is my car runs like crap i can only go up to around 30-50 mph in fifth gear and my stock boost gauge goes up to max potential and my autometer gauge goes up to around 1 psi and even when it idles my stock boost gauge goes up and my autometer on doesnt even read vaccume. and the boost gauge is hooked up to the intake manifold.

thanks eric

 

[mark95turbo]

Sounds like a major boost leak. The possibilities are endless!

 

[FastEclipseGSXT]

definetly sounds like something is leaking, especially if you have two boost guages with two different readings..i would start by cking every hose you have under the hood, fyi my buddy had alot of problems with the turbo xs mbc you might want to bypass it for troubleshooting...

 

[mark95turbo]

Get a shopvac or an air compressor (on a low PSI setting) and hook it up to the intake tube for a pressure test. You should be able to ghettofab some sort of a fitment and then you can hear where the leaking is coming from.