put some new wires on and did a boost leak check, it wouldnt hold any pressure and kept leaking out from what seemed like the plastic upper intercooler pipe right on the bottom by the bov. After doing that the car started "bucking" in 1st and 2nd but not all the time and the boost guage always reads all the way positive. gonna put on some new coils, new hard ic pipes, and replace the cam sensor....

 

Thats cool you found one problem, did you ever fix the tensioner problem?

 

Do you still have the factory 2g bov. They are notorious for leaking.

 

no, it was rigged in there when i got the car so i put in a Greddy Type S.....

 

hey glad that worked out for ya. At least someting positive happened. You will have that thing running real good soon.

 

i hope so but if i do get it running good something else will break, lol........

 

anyone know why it would always read full boost after doing the test?

 

you overboosted brother, how much pressure did you put to it?

 

it wouldnt hold pressure, so i never got it over 10psi, thats the lowest the guage reads. whats over boosted mean?

 

put the new coils on today went to drive it and it started doing it again then i noticed the bottom of the coil was missing the cover for the wires and was arcing, so i put a cap on it and it runs perfect now, still doesnt feel like it has all its power but thats prolly because of the boost leak, just glad it runs normal....