and this was the fix for this poster....

But yeah, just wanted to let everybody know that I found the leak today... got that smoke thing done -- it was the L shaped hose (1/2" diameter) coming off the intake. Had a crack on the inside of the 90 degree bend... was about 2" long. Put on some generic half inch hose, and all is well in the world! 200 hp feels good, for now... jeebus. I musta been at like 140 hp before... lol, it was sad.

 

I was going to say stop starting in 3rd , but yea I've expierenced the same thing, only when its really hot out though

 

I just have a similar problem and thought bringing this thread back might help figure it out.

 

Since it's already brought back. What is heatsoak?? I'm not familiar with this term

 

Heat soak just means its so hot outside, like 95+, that the intercooler is not reallycooling the charge air very much, and the turbo does not seem to have as much power.

 

alright, thanks

i looked it up but wasn't in websters.

 

Coming from the DSM and SUBIE community we usually considered it heatsoak when an intercooler has passed it's efficiency area. Not necessarily how warm it is outside, but if teh turbo is flowing too much air for the intercooler to be efficientm that's when heatsoak happens. I supposeit is somewhat of a broad term.

 

funny, i have the same feeling, im very sure its more then a feeling it really does lose performance at random... and then comes back at random...