AZN MK3 said:yes thats the only code im getting... ok i start up the car revvs fine, when i go to drive and pull out the car stops revving at 4k and starts popping... and im not even getting boost at all from the start of 1st gear... i thought it was vac problems but its not... i've lookd up about caps and stuff and i was wondering if that is the reason y i cant revv hi??? more on driving... is when u start off from 1st till iono 3500 where boost is suppose to hit, and it doesnt hit... then towards higher rpm it starts to pop like crazy and the rpm stops moving and wont go past 4k...what could it be???
Are you sure your vacuum line on the MAP sensor is secure? If it's on there, are you sure it's the right size and it's not just leaking under pressure? It's a good idea to zip tie that line. If all that is fine, check to make sure that vac hose is not cracked or leaking. Are you t'ing anything off the vac line? Try replacing it with a new vac line. That sounds like a symptom of a disconnected MAP sensor... Car will start and drive fine until you try to boost and then breaks up to all hell. Check the integrity of the wiring for the MAP sensor. Although 4000 is really late to be building boost if that's where you are seeing boost pressure. Maybe you have IC pipe leaks, especially if you can't boost in 1st. Just looking at the pipes and hoses isn't going to cut it. You can have small cracks and splits your eye may not catch but will burst open wide under boost pressure. Maybe your turbines are shot causing late spool... Has the car been this way since you first started it? Stock turbos have been known to be dead from the get go of a swap. It's happened to me.
Are you monitoring boost with an aftermarket gauge to see how the boost is acting? That would be good to see.
Maybe it's just your plug gap or dead plugs, period... I don't know if you said you did that or not. You may want to, try some NGK 6097s gapped around .28 or .30
I've had a bad 02 sensor before but the car didn't hesitate. Gas mileage just sucked something aweful.