Been a while, the car has been running great. Hit a deer and recovered nicely, posted about that. Just got my ecu stage 2 tuned by NM Engineering, WOW what a difference! Only issue now is a crazy air leak or the factory recirc valve failing. I guess I'm posting this to fish for any feedback on possable air leaks. The car gets up and goes but sounds like a sprinkler like the valve doesn't know if it wants to be open or closed but thats just my guess. When I reinstalled my intake tube after installing the exhaust manifold from WMW I forgot about the little rubber sleeve that makes a super tight seal to the turbo and drove a few days with it pinched before finding it as the boost leak problem I had then. Total bonehead maneuver but live and learn. Anyways I still use the same rubber sleeve as I didn't see any defects to warrent a new one. Maybe that could be the problem too? At any rate I'm getting parts to replace both of those things so I'll post again after they get installed. Thanks for any and all replies.

2009 R56JCW, below are my engine mods:

NM charge and discharge pipes
NM torque arm insert
Forge intercooler
NM intake
WMW turbo exhaust manifold (well worth the PITA to install!!)

In the mail now:
Alta recirc valve
Alta aluminum intake tube (I plan on retrofitting the connection to the NM intake.)

 

Just installed the new valve and intake tube and still have the same problem. Any input from anyone here?