Where exactly do you connect this set-up to?



Thanks,

Jay

 

Right to the turbo inlet

 

I put it there, and it would not allow the air to pass through. It only pressurized the turbo, and after a while, the whole assembly popped off.

Am I doing something wrong?

 

Don't see how it's possible to only pressurize just the turbo.
You have a connector with a hose clamp right? Just crank it down, there is a ridge on the turbo inlet that should keep it from coming off.

 

It seemed like it was only pressurizing the turbo.

So when it is mounted directly on the turbo, it sort of points to the back of the alternator, right?

Thanks

 

Exactly, it will go where the hose from the air cleaner usually goes.

 

Thanks for your response.

Now I just have to get it to pressurize.......

 

If you're having trouble getting enough air for the pressure to come up try cranking the engine a little bit or turning it over via the alternator nut. What you want to do is get it as close as possible to all the intake valves being closed. Sounds like you're losing air though the engine.

 

One thing I've noticed is due to the volumetric flow through a little air hose the pressure at the tank is nowhere near what the car sees. Sometimes I set the compressor to 50psi in order to get my vehicle upto 12psi. As long as there aren't any noises I think this is quite acceptable. Do you have a pressure gauge? I like to watch this to see just how much pressure the intake is seeing. Air should have no problem flowing past the compressor wheel of the turbo.

I have had air go right through my motor before as well but I don't understand this, cam timing shouldn't allow both the intake and exhaust valves be open at any angle.

 

I have the pressure at the tank set at 28, and another pressure gauge at the fitting(a cheater valve used when I paint set at about 20psi) that I cannot even open all of the way because it will pop the entire fernco assembly off of the turbo! Once I start to pressurize it, the fernco adapter starts to blow up like a balloon.

I will try it again this afternoon to see what happens. I might even take the hose off at the intake manifold to see if air is getting in there. Although when I tried it on Sunday, I could not hear any "hissing" noise on the intake manifold side.

 

Right around 25psi the boot will blow off the pressure tester, if you want a higher number you can rough up the plastic below it a little bit. Just make sure to do it in a radial fashion that way it won't leak. If you don't hear any noises that most likely means you have no leaks.