AGen2integra

My brother has an Eclipse and just started to upgrade it, ie;3" thermal turbo back, upper intercooler piping, type S BOV, manual BC. OK. Well he isnt the brightest of kids and runs 18psi on pump gas. Now all of the sudden his car is starting to sputter and seems like it is lossing power sometimes when at WOT. Do any of you guys have any suggestions as to what the problem might be? or maybe even some tests to do? Thanks, Evan

KoRE

distributor? maybe something in the fuel system?....... Isn't the stock psi like 13-15? some people i know do 18 psi and they are fine but i dunno for how long...

BlueSi2k

Well i dont know if i can really help, but start with a compression test. Also check the ignition (plugs, dist, cap etc). Hope this helps...let us know how it goes

AGen2integra

Oh yeah i forgot he has an upgraded fuel pump... Maybe is a distributor problem, I remember in my teg when that went it would sputter like a bitck.

Turbo Laser

It's called fuel cut. At WOt he's running too rich and the ECU basically turns off the fuel supply. Set it to 14 psi (10 psi stock) and he'll be fine. 18 psi is fine for pump gas though, but at that boost his stock turbo is going to be maxed out and blowing hot air. My neigbor ran 22 psi on his daily driver on 93 octane and was fine, but he had the much larger 20 G turbo. Your bro has a lot of learning to do. Tell him to learn dsm.org, dsmtalk.com, and all the links off those 2 sites and he'll know how too build that car like it's supposed to.
Anthony, who wants a DSM bad

AGen2integra

Thanks NOcar!

internet ay

it may be the fact that he launches the car every time he is at a light, and beats the hell out of it.

BoM

make sure maintence is done before being a madman.

my friends waterpump blew, but was replaced and luckily the timing replaced on time too. as there was a baby crack growing on it.