Pronlems With R33 Gtst S2

[sagluren]

ok well, prehaps some history on my car first off will help, i brought it 8 months ago, was a awesome car, drove nice, engine made good power and ran smothly. after a few months the head gasket blew. so i repaired the head with a permaseal mls-r gasket and arp head studs as i plan on pushing a couple of atmospheres in it. I finished the job and after a few minor tuning issues car was going good again. then about a month ago it developed a boost leak, after a little bit of hunting i found two largeish leaks and repaired them, but the car was never the same, and now the car is hard to start (mainly due to the power fc and the engine not getting over 500 rpm on start up i think) idles low has little power and still feels like there is a large boost leak as well. Also the vacume seams low, ie it used to idle at say 15 now if i can get is started it idles at 5,

now i have double checked the intake system from the turbo to the head, including removing the intake manifold and replacing the middle gasket. ive checked the tune on the power fc and everthing looks normal, the tutbo is still making boost as all three boost gauges i have installed, (autometer, standard dash and boost controler) are all showing positive pressure when there should be some.

so basically i need help, any ideas, simular problems and solurions would be incredibly helpfull..

cheers sam

Edited December 4, 2011 by sagluren

[markdem]

did you spray aerostart all over the intake? or only a visual check?