EXternal wastegate question

TurboCoupeWHITT

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Apr 19, 2005

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• Apr 19, 2005

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some of my firneds were debating on how an external wastegate works.... if the waste gate spring on has a 6 psi spring then is that all the boost u can run .. if u are runnin a exteranlly wastegated turbo? someone explain how this works instead of us argueing between oursleves :damnit:

 

Stinger

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Apr 19, 2005

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• Apr 19, 2005

• #2

No, the spring pressure is the minimum boost you can run...then you get a boost controller to run more boost.

It's the same for an internal gate...ours have a 8-10 psi spring, hence the reason we can't run less than that on our cars.

 

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mr_woodster

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• Apr 20, 2005

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