but she's up and running/driving!
let me start this with the fact that i have no clue what the timing was set to on the VE, and i guess it's possible the pump was just wore out too ... but this is a COMPLETELY different truck now. throttle response is off the charts better. it's making 15lbs of boost grandma driving how I'd have only been at 1psi before. it's sooo much smoother and less NVH, to the point that it's eerily quieter inside driving. quieter, not quiet
at this point i'm feeling pretty good, this is awesome. if i'm getting my prior acceleration boost now while cruising, what will i get actually accelerating!?!? turns out, no clue, but too much. i blipped the throttle and the little digital gauge just started flashing numbers faster than i could read them ... and that's when a charge pipe let go. just blew out of the boot, i must not have gotten it seated well.
pre-boost is set to an absolute minimum, star wheel is tightened to somewhere arbitrary, game on. tonight hopefully i can keep these old junky charge boots to stay on and we start tuning.