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Try gapping your plugs to 0.7 mm. I had major misfiring problems as well when I put a turbo on my 25DE and I brought the car back to my tuner and he said gap them plugs to 0.7 mm from 0.8 mm and it should be mint. Never had a problem since. Still amazed how much 0.1 mm made a difference because my misfire was reaalllly bad before.

Hey mate, Do you by any chance still have the rear wiper arm? Not the whole motor, but just the arm. Also interested in the R33 floor mats if you still have them. How much shipped to 6149? Thanks!

Although it looks more than likely that it's a BOV issue since you got an aftermarket one, I experienced the same stalling problem when I first bought my car because of the AAC valve being ridiculously dirty on the engine. Not sure if that'd be the problem but it's worth a look since it fixed my stalling issue straight away. Here's the link for the DIY info AAC Valve DIY

DEt injectors and bosch 040 fuel pump. I highly doubt it's the injectors though because the tuner said it was only running 75% duty cycle. Anywho, I really am starting to think it might be the cold weather. I might try to wait for a hot day close to the temp my car was tuned at and see if that gives a warning light. If not, then I might turn down the boost and do it again in the cold night. Fingers cross that a hot day is on the way and the cold temperature is the main problem. Just getting a general idea here from those who know, how much of an effect would a, let's say, 10-15 degrees drop in temperature affect the tuning? Is this a common issue for those who have had their cars tuned or is it something the tuners would have accounted for? Thanks for all the response and help guys. I really appreciate all the help!

Just using a manual boost controller. I might wait for a "hotter" day and give it another run. It is highly plausible that it is the very cold air because when I called the tuner, he was pretty puzzled considering how conservative he tuned my car. Ohh ok. Well when it was tuned, the tuner didn't comment on anything whack with the how the car was running so I am assuming that it's not a fake. But my car is just having idle issues, although I don't think are detrimental, that I can't put my finger on. Not at all. My tuner actually told me to use ONLY BP ultimate for some reason and not Vortex98 and that's what I've done. Not really sure with the difference is but can't argue against my tuner I guess.

Alright. I guess there's no other way to find out for sure other than take it back to the tuner or find a hand controller. Thanks for all the help. On a side note Paul, I saw in one of your links about the fake Z32's. Considering the ambigous tell-tale sign of a fake, would my tuner have noticed a big difference while tuning my car if it was a fake? And also, I read in a thread on SAU about the fake Z32's that you talked about idle issues. What kind of issue are we talking about here? Just curious because I'm hoping that mine isn't a fake :S Cheers.

Nah I haven't been pushing it again ever since then. I only did it the 2nd time to make sure that it really was occuring. As for the AFM voltage, is it possible for it to cause an engine light flash only in 2nd gear? What would be the reason, if it was the AFM voltage, to cause it to only occur in 2nd and not 3rd? Sorry for the many questions

Hey guys, I just got a quick question in regards to a knocking issue on my car. The car is basically a 25DE+T with std turbo, injectors, fmic, and powerfc and a few other bits and pieces. It's currently running 10psi and have been running for the past month with no problem. Anyway, in that month, I've pretty much been taking it quite easy on the engine. I tried to look for the problems and whatnot in that period before I went full bore with it. So last week, I started to push the engine a little bit more and more. I started with going full throttle in 3rd gear and that gave me no problem whatsover. The car pulled hard and everything is still good. However, 2 nights ago, I tried to push it in 2nd gear and I got the engine light flashing. First I did this at 100% throttle, and then 80% throttle. Now, I will take it back to the tuner to get it fixed, but before then, I want to get a little bit more knowledge as to what could be the main cause. Here's a jist of my thinking: The knock sensor started going off around 4000-5000RPM all the way to redline. This is to would suggest (1) It's not a boost spike because I don't think boost "spike" would go for 2000RPM long. Or could it??? (2) It's more likely to be an issue with timing because, if I'm not mistaken, 4000-5000RPM is where advanced timing usually kicks in from the VVT. So what do you guys think? Is that a fair assessment of the issue? or can a boost spike really occur for over 2000RPM? Is it even possible for the advanced timing to affect the 2nd gear that much more than 3rd gear to cause a knock in 2nd but not 3rd gear? I do apologise for my noobness in tuning but it's something I really want to learn. So thanks for all your help guys. Much appreciated. NOTE: I don't have the handheld for the PFC.

Hey mate, Still got the mats? Interested if you still do

Ok. This is fking bullshit, but I just found my rear, left window smashed in after leaving it parked outside of my friend's house. Sigh -_-" If that wasn't bad enough, my dyno sheet was placed in the backseat and what do you know, it was raining. So now my dyno sheet is also ruined. Oh the joys of owning a nice car... Everyone just seems to get a chuckle from targeting it. Wankers... So I'm sorry mate, but I won't be able to post up the dyno result.

Yep. I'll upload it tonight when I finish work.

That is absolutely sick! I've always wondered where and when these events were taking place in Jakarta. I usually go back there once a year but I would more than be down to go for one of these events. It'd be awesome if you could direct me to a site with info about upcoming events and whatnots. Cheers.

Yeh, I T-pieced into one of the vacuum line going from the plenum to the charcoal canister. Is that a problem? I did use the larger of the two lines, so you might be right, it might be too big. I am running pfc and it already had a tune. Well that's the thing, I am hearing A LOT of air going out of the system (like an atmo BOV), and I'm assuming passing through the afm, even though it's plumbed back. But like I said, since I don't know what it's supposed to sound like, I simply just assumed that because I was using a pod, it was natural for it to sound like that. Thanks for the info guys. I'll give these tips a go and hopefully it'll fix the problem.

Don't think so? I just did mine up, topped it back up and she hasn't leaked since. Not 100% sure on this, but my other car, which is a Honda, seems to leak power steering fluid quite often so I think it's a common issue but I don't think you'll get any trouble from it tbh. Just check the level of your power steering reservoir to be 100% sure that that is the culprit.

Could it be power steering fluid? Had the same problem a while back and it turned out that the clamp that holds the hose to the bottom of the power steering resevoir was loose.