Heedz Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 Has anyone had this happen to them before? I'm running stage 2 with 16psi....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaGe Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 yep. a good search and you will see its nothing uncommon for those running stage II. your choices are 1) JB weld the shit out of the tabs 2) time for an upgraded TMIC. 3) buy my stock OEM TMIC that i have for sale in here. http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/oh-oem-parts-145023.html?t=145023 OTM. Sorry I didn't mean to start a war which mainly forum people is all about . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heedz Posted September 26, 2010 Author Share Posted September 26, 2010 i actually just brought another replacement. should i JB weld the tabs on that one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaGe Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 i would. if not your taking a 50/50 chance. OTM. Sorry I didn't mean to start a war which mainly forum people is all about . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwd2awd Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 JB weld works nicely. I am running 17+ psi on my logs with no problems from the intercooler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lofthouse_gt Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 JB weld the new one for sure, I ran my stocker for at least 10,000 miles on a stage 2 tune with the end tanks covered in the stuff and never had a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umass94 Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 When this started, did you notice any noise under the hood? Or did you just look at it one day? Here's proof: Just 1 minute after buying my OBXT, I had 7 phone calls from insanely hot women, and got 7 dates out of it. Coincidence? I think not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTTuner Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 JB weld and a large metal worm clamp across the unit from side tank to side tank and it will hold just fine. The JB weld cracks after a while, thays why I like putting the metal strap/clamp across to help with strength. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIIIFe Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 I am either going to try to make the IPR top mount I bought awhile ago fit again, or JB Weld my stocker. I couldn't find a walk through in a brief search. Should I pop all the tabs, pull the end tank, and JB weld between the end tank and metal body, or just clamp the tabs back down that popped out and apply JB weld on the exterior seam? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heedz Posted September 27, 2010 Author Share Posted September 27, 2010 When this started, did you notice any noise under the hood? Or did you just look at it one day? I was home after I got my tune and then took a friend for a 1-2-3 gear pull. Huge blowing up noise when I shifted into 3rd. That's my dyno graph pushing 16psi. Very conservative tune.... :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIIIFe Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 Ha! I had the same thing last week. The blowing up noise was the IC to TB hose blowing off the throttle body I think, though. A boost leak test also showed me a leak on the passenger side of the intercooler end tank that I missed in my visual inspection. Two or three tabs popped up slightly on the bottom side of the intercooler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specialB Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 haa, when i took my girl in for a road tune they did a check for boost leaks by removing the air filter and hooking up a rubber boobie with a schraeder valve and found 5 leaks i think it was. somehow the rubber gasket on the stock BOV was gone.. a hose clamp under the TMIC was loose, two other things i forget and the seams on my stock intercooler were hissing. tightened it all up and crimped the seams back down and that fixed that. I think the seams are giving out again. Really need to get me a Perrin and call it a day, the shop even said they'd retune me for free once i got one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heedz Posted September 28, 2010 Author Share Posted September 28, 2010 why such a horrible design?! and the newer wrx's push more power! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSpeed Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 It's not really that horrible, the stock system was just never designed to boost the pressure that these pop at. The manufacturers don't necessarily design components for what people might possibly do with them. Plastic, while seeming lame, won't absorb underhood heat like the all-aluminum upgraded TMICs will. Also, check out the design of the stock TMIC and how it does not sit above the turbo. Now look at upgraded TMICs... Where do you think all of that heat rising from the turbo is going to go? Yep, it's going to get absorbed in the aluminum hot-side endtank... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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