I finally got everything hooked up last night everything looks good but I am not getting any boost, I can rev up to like 6500 and i get like maybe 1 pound of boost, I took off the intake again today and there's no play on the turbo only a bit side to side but that's it, its not my mbc because i took it off the wastegate and still got no boost, i doubt i have a boost leak, and i don't think it would be that because id at least see some boost, but I have no compressor to be 100 percent sure, its a 60-1 turbo internally gated with a 2g mani and an evo 3 o2 housing if that matters, any help or suggestions would be appreciated here is a pic of what the setup looks like.

bad exhaust leak before the turbo.

that's what I was thinking.... gus helped me fix 2 of the studs that were messed up on the head, and I put a new gasket that I bought on dyno day, it doesn't sound like before but that MIGHT be it... although i tightened those bolts as good as i could.

forgot to say. it sounds like it still has an exhaust leak where the mani bolts to the head but i don't think its bad enough to cause me getting only like 2 psi its on there pretty good, any other suggestions? i will go down and try to tighten the bolts up some more when the engine cools a bit.

wastegate stuck open??

a leak before the turbo can actually make that big a difference.

yea that was another one of my thoughts, the car should be cool enough to touch now, I am gonna go try to tighten those bolts up some more, and I was also thinking it would be the wastegate, how would i be able to tell if its stuck on open or if its even opening?

If you can hear the leak its big enough to have an effect on boost. I had a minor leak that i couldn't hear at the mani/head and as soon as i fixed that i noticed my turbo spool 200-300rpm quicker. Like i told you its either an exhaust leak pre-turbo OR the hotside might be mismatched and isn't working correctly.

you have to really listen for it to hear it, and its not letting me get like any boost at all =[ and how would i know if the hotside is mismatched?

mikey with his 50 trim had a exhaust leak and he couldnt make 5 psi. If your wastegate is stuck open you will get no boost, stuck closed = infinite boost.

alright imma go mess with it and see whats up, thanks for all the help as usual guys, ill post back in a bit.

You should also do a boost leak test too.

yea i didn't end up having time to do it tonight, I will be doing it tomorrow though I will check the wastgate, tighten up the manifold bolts some more and do a boost leak test as well, ill post up results tomorrow.

Make sure u have no cracks in your o2 housing & manifold..My friend had same problem no boost due 2 a bad crack underneath the ex manifold.

so me and Hugo found 2 huge boost leaks on the car and fixed those, there is another one that i suspect but was not able to check since i couldn't cover the inlet of the turbo to test it i ordered a new coupler to hopefully fix that, the car idles much better but still not seeing boost only like 3 psi I am hoping its leaking where im thinking its from, the wastegate opens and closes perfectly so it isn't that, and on a different note I think my clutch is going out =[ its hard at times to get into gear, it feels as if i don't have the pedal pressed in all the way but i actually do, so it seems i might need to do a clucth change...

i had a problem liek that before. i checked everywhere for boost leaks and nothing it ended up being my cars timing slipped. did you mess with anyhting over by the belt? i was pulling and prying off my broken timing cover and it slipped some how