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    New motor ,wet plenum and wont build boost

    TurboBuRick, I know that it needs to loaded for there to be boost so still searching for the reason. I will be headed over tonight to check some more things out so we shall see.
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    New motor ,wet plenum and wont build boost

    Hey guys thanks for the responses so far. The valve covers are the cast aluminum ones with k&n breathers in them so its not that. The turbo is bone dry so definetly not coming from there. The motor will idol for as long as I let it idle and its clean (visually for oil) . When I get back over to...
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    New motor ,wet plenum and wont build boost

    The valley pan is a one pc stock type other then the coating on it. I had unplugged the pcv to see if it would clear things up and it didn't change anything..
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    New motor ,wet plenum and wont build boost

    I know some people are against gapless rings but still not sure this is the issue, that's what I'm trying to figure out.
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    New motor ,wet plenum and wont build boost

    It is a felpro gasket, not sure of the # off hand but it has a blue like Teflon like coating on it. The only change from when it was together before is the total seal gapless rings and the coating on the valley pan, the rest is the same and it was fine first time the motor was together. My one...
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    New motor ,wet plenum and wont build boost

    We checked the turbo and its completely dry. The oil is out the tail pipes and nothing out the breathers. If you have fresh plugs in it and start it it idles beautiful with no real signs of oil out the tail pipes , its when you bring the rpms up that it really starts throwing oil. I thought...
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    New motor ,wet plenum and wont build boost

    A little back story, I honestly know limited amount about turbo motors but have built quite a few big blocks. My friend asked me to build him a turbo motor two plus years ago with the understanding he would handle all the turbo electronics etc. It is a 3.8 .030 over it has mildly ported heads...
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