As of now, no. Trying to getting running well. Possibly vacuum leak somewhere.

If you get tired of messing with it or it goes back for sale let me know! Thanks man! :)

It's between you and Mavrik, haha. Nice to find people who want to take over the project. The car isn't running super rich anymore, so there's no more raw fuel smell. The slight jump in idle was already there before I did the maintenance work, and I guess resetting the ECU made it more apparent. I'm going to check the vacuum lines and switch to screw bands instead of zip ties. Other than the bouncing idle the engine seems to run so much better than before.

Haha good ole zip ties. Well lmk if you decide to sale and if Mavrik doesn't jump on it. I got hit about 1 1/2 week ago and they totaled my car. Only had front bumper, passenger head light, hood, passenger fender damage. Not sure how a 26k car is totaled for 3 body panels and a head light. But oh well. They're cutting me a check that I should be getting my check in the upcoming week. So I've been looking everywhere for something :(

I've been on and off about selling. It makes me sad to let it go, but that's life and sometimes there are bigger priorities. It's not easy balancing this hobby and a house on my own the past 3 years. :(

Anyhow. I just gotta tighten up the lines today. When the new filters come in I will try to come up with a method to do a smoke test. Seems no one's willing to lend a hand so I've been working alone the past month. But man... it runs so much better and there's no raw fuel smell.

Sucks you don't live in Houston. I'd be more than willing to help

Yeah I got family in Kansas City and in Missouri. So I come that way fairly often. I'd be more than willing to help if you were a little closer. But at least if you do get it taken care of, I'm close enough to come get it from you! I'm not in a really big rush but in the next 2-3 weeks I'll have a check from my insurance company and will be really trying to find something. :/ I miss my z

Thanks, all. Here's an update. I couldn't find smaller screw clamps, so I redid the zip ties and switched out the hose to the boost gauge. The hose didn't fit the intake manifold barb as well. So a combination of all this may have reduced or eliminated the idle surge and the code hasn't popped up. It seems to be running much better. After test driving the idle still bounces a tiny bit, but doesn't climb to 1k anymore.

Awesome news. Congrats on getting the idle issue resolved. It always seems like the smallest piece of the puzzle is the one that causes the issue. Hopefully with everything fitting properly the car will relearn and smooth out over time even more than it has now.

Damn sorry to hear that. I know it gets said a lot but the more important part is that you are ok. The car can and will be replaced.

Unfortunately nothing got fixed. I found the leak, which was under the passenger side of the intake manifold. So I pulled everything back out to inspect it, and it looks fine. Think it was improper torquing I re-installed it. No such luck. So as I carefully torqued the bolts one broke off, so I'm pretty much stuck right now.

One of my friends is going to see if he can help remove the broken bolt. At this point, the intake manifold might have a crack somewhere which is probably the reason for the headaches the first place.

Priority is to get the broke bolt out, and then I have to put the car in the back burner for now while I find the time and funds to re-sod the backyard. :(

The car is still drivable... just with the intake manifold leak.

Sorry for flip flopping. I was tired of dealing with sketch or no shows. I'm open to selling my car again. I'm asking for $20k, but am open to reasonable offers.

I love my car, but there are other priorities in life.

:hello:Id trade you my 09 Z has basic bolt ons

:rofl2: Once I go boost I never want to go back. :)

I bet NA life blows