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Wastegate actuator question.
I already have the red line unplugged on my wastegate acuator but I was wondering if I tighted the wastegate actuator a couple turns would it give me a few more lbs of boost?
I am just trying to squeeze a couple more lbs out of my stock turbo.
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don't bother and hook the line back up. more boost does NOT = more power. I've seen it on the dyno more than once where someone hooks their gate back up and gains power and finds out they have better mileage as well. The turbos are only efficient to a certin point and after that you are heating the air more and not flowing any more.
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I actually tried this after hearing all the hoopla about unhooking the wastegate. I ran it this way for about 2 days and come to find out that I actually lost 3-4 psi. The most boost I could get at WOT was around 14 psi. I hooked it back up and was right at 17 psi. Now after adding the DP tuner, I'm seeing 23 psi and have only got to 24 psi once, but that was really stomping on it through all the gears. I plan on adding the Turbomaster wastegate so I can get to my max boost quicker. Chris |
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Did you plug the red line? If you just unplug it you will loose boost. I plugged mine on one of the inter cooler boot clamps and my turbo spools up a lot quicker and I gained a couple lbs of boost. I know that if I still have the red line hooked up and I tighten the waste actuator rod a couple turns I will gian a couple lbs but I was wondering will I still gain a couple lbs with it plugged?
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Yeah I think I have the supporting mods you're talking about in my sig. Keep in mind, I'm only running with a DP 80e, and plan on adding more later after I get bigger oil, a turbomaster waistgate, and beans D66 (that'll be later on).
My brother-in-law is making the same amount of boost as me with a little less supporting mods in his '01 F250, and he runs the DP 60t, 80e, and 120r. Chris |
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