Pics of my super low buck frankencooler

Well turns out the plastic check valve didn't last long...it started sticking open. Soo, i got the biggest PCV valve i could find at the parts store and even though i think the opening in it is too small, it still seems to work good and it sounds really crazy when it blows off.

Here's pics:

fess40 said:

What, no duct tape? I like your ingenuity, how's it holding up?

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Well about a day after i posted this it started running like crap and i couldn't figure out why. I just found the culprit yesterday....that tube coming off the charge pipe that the bypass valve is clamped in blew a huge hole out the bottom that you couldn't see from the top. Strangely enough it didn't cause any vacuum leak idle surge issues, it just lost boost when trying to drive it. I changed that one out with a new one (that's what you get using junkyard hoses..lol) and all is well.

I'm having some issues with my LA3/Big VAM though. It just runs like crap with them in. I don't know if maybe something is wrong with either one of them, but it runs way better with the stock ECU/VAM. I'd say the way it is right now i'll run door to door with a stock 5.0 once it gets moving...it's still soft from a dead stop until the turbo spools up. I really really need to get a 3'' exhaust..it's only a 2'' right now.


OOOH!, and now i've got the bypass valve routed back down into the intake track instead of trying to make it work as a blow off valve. Not only does it run better, but now i can officially call it a $10 intercooler setup since that stupid check valve was $6