i just noticed today that my wastegate is opening a little to early. it will slightly open at around 10 psi. the boost controller is a turbosmart manual boost controller, it is about a year and a half old. i just want to verify that this is most likely the cause. i can hear it open slightly at 10psi and then fully open at 20psi. i know for a fact it is opening at these times because it is a open dump. is there any other likely causes for this?
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It isn't the boost controller unless the wastegate spring pressure is less than 10 pounds.
This always happens with small springs and higher pressures. Only way to help is to use a EBC. You can then controll exactly when the wastegate opens.
jmarks82 wrote:This always happens with small springs and higher pressures. Only way to help is to use a EBC. You can then controll exactly when the wastegate opens.
i bought the wastegate used, it is a turbonetics evolution i want to say, and if i recall correctly, it has a yellow spring in it
do you think i should runner a bigger spring in my wastegate? i really dont want to run a electronic boost controller because 2 of my friends on seperate occasions had there ebc's not open and overboost and BOOM! granted, they are not the smartest of my friends nor had i seen how it was set up but i dont want to risk it.
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TurboFire wrote:jmarks82 wrote:This always happens with small springs and higher pressures. Only way to help is to use a EBC. You can then controll exactly when the wastegate opens.
i bought the wastegate used, it is a turbonetics evolution i want to say, and if i recall correctly, it has a yellow spring in it
do you think i should runner a bigger spring in my wastegate? i really dont want to run a electronic boost controller because 2 of my friends on seperate occasions had there ebc's not open and overboost and BOOM! granted, they are not the smartest of my friends nor had i seen how it was set up but i dont want to risk it.
JMarks is correct. As far as your friends situations with EBC, sounds like they were not set up properly, a vac line melted, or were getting greedy.....
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P&P Tuning
420.5whp / 359.8wtq
What brand would you guys recommend? Not looking to go broke but not looking to have @!#$ on my car
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Damn all of you....looks like ill have to investigate a 2 stage EBC soon....and 2 step.
ill have to save next paycheck for one of those, someone just stole my 400 dollar IR titanium impact at work that i now must replace first. ughh.
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