when the problem occured i was running my new BOV... which had been on the car for a week... so i put my old one back on and it didn't solve the problem.. so i don't think its the BOV.


while i was running the car with just the dump pipe i was finally able to boost in 2nd gear and car picked up in power a bit. So i thought the CAT was the issue... but i put the exhaust back on sunday and now the car still continues to boosts in 2nd. so i dunno if a blocked cat is my problem..?

been monitoring how it boosts lately...
1st gear - nothing
2nd gear - boost doesn't start kickin in till higher in the rev range (4000rpm) and i have to apply more throttle - (when car was running fine, i'd be at full boost by 3800)
3rd gear - boost kicks in earlier, but more thorttle is needed.
4th & 5th - similar to 3rd gear.