Well, I figured I would take my ESI up to New England Dragway and see how she was doing this year so far. Unfortunately, I made these plans on monday and everyday after that I had TONS to do to the car to get her ready.

My first issue was brake boosting. The car would NOT stay still even at 1500rpm's and the pedal would go to the floorboards. I replaced the front rotors,pads and bled the system yet it still was lurching a bit. Last year I could hold it dead still and build up around 3psi of boost at arouns 2-2.2K rpm's.

I wanted to leave the house at 3pm but by the time the brakes were done it was 4:15 so I was late already. Get to the track and my first run...well...it sucked. Pulled off a 15.280@90.xxMPH. WTF, I ran low 14's last saeason with a crappy setup. The best out of 3 runs was a 15.1. My launches were suffering greatly by the lurching during boost creep preventing me from building any boost at allat the srating line. The car also pulled very well (other than a lack of power) so I assumed I either had a crazy boost leak or my ATX was starting to hate the HP. Last year I pulled of a 2.0 second 60' time and I could barely keep it under 2.38 seconds this trip.

I finally got to check for boost leaks today and boy are there a lot! The bolts that clamp the compressor housing to the center section were seeping air thru the threads (teflon tape to the rescue), just about every goddam coupler was leaking on me, my TB gasket was leaking like crazy and the center section of my intake manifold has sprung a huge leak. Tomorrow I will fix these gaping holes in my system and head back up to the track soon. The turbo must have been pushing like 14psi just to get the 8psi at the intake manifold,lol. This thing WILL run a 13 second pass this season whether it wants to or not,lol. *end vent*

Jamie-
-AUTOMATIC turbo'd 95 Talon ESI@8psi (stock internals)14.0sec=1/4 mile

-2003 Mitsubishi Evo VIII

Sorry to hear about being disappointed with your times, hopefully taking care of the boost leaks and getting that lurching problem fixed will help you big time.

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It's better than good day at work . It happens. At least you found the culprit(s). Maybe next time out, I will be ready and able to head up. If not with the 97, then maybe another.......

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96 RS Turbo 11.414 @ 119.62 MSNS, Crower 2 NA cams, BW366, 10.5 comp, UDP, 60mm TB, W/A intercooler, 3.55 tranny 567.9whp 430tq
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99 OZ 5sp Stocker 15.856 @ 85.97
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Just pulled apart my entire intake manifold and I am in the process of replacing the center gasket and the TB gasket. I can't believe how many leaks I had *bad me, bad bad me*. I will use my old G-Tech pro to see if I'm in the right 1/4 mile range before heading back up to the track. Too long of a drive and too much money to keep wasting just to be disappointed.

Last year when I used the G-tech pro it said I was doing a 14.5 and I did a 14.4 at the track(better traction)....close enough for me

Jamie-
-AUTOMATIC turbo'd 95 Talon ESI@8psi (stock internals)14.0sec=1/4 mile

-2003 Mitsubishi Evo VIII

sucks for you dude

sorry to hear that

Fix the leaks and see where its at after that. YOur tranny might need fresh fluids as well that could help out.