Goddamn Wastegate!!!
01-09-04, 08:48 PM
#1
Goddamn Wastegate!!!
I am trying to switch out a wastegate on my car, and I am having a hell of time getting my hands/wrench juxapositioned. It is a blitz single turbo conversion, with a big *** blitz wastegate (E56).
I was hoping to be able to pull the blitz wastegate off while leaving the rest of the turbo kit on the car. Then I was going to have an adapter made, so I could put a HKS Wastegate on. However, after fooling with it for several hours, I can't see how I am going to squeeze my hand/wrench in between all the other **** to get the thing off. I really do not want to pull the entire turbo kit off, just to remove the wastegate. And it looks like the turbo manifold bolts are just as well hidden.
Anyways, I think I am just venting frustration here. But if there are any skinny handed contorsionists, give me a holler
I was hoping to be able to pull the blitz wastegate off while leaving the rest of the turbo kit on the car. Then I was going to have an adapter made, so I could put a HKS Wastegate on. However, after fooling with it for several hours, I can't see how I am going to squeeze my hand/wrench in between all the other **** to get the thing off. I really do not want to pull the entire turbo kit off, just to remove the wastegate. And it looks like the turbo manifold bolts are just as well hidden.
Anyways, I think I am just venting frustration here. But if there are any skinny handed contorsionists, give me a holler
01-09-04, 11:19 PM
#4
Okay,
It pays to know someone with small hands. Came right off.
Next dilemna. I opened up my blitz wastegate, and it appears to have a spring that is very similar to the HKS one. Can I interchange the 2? Size wise the girth looks about the same.
I am guessing that the wastegate is controlled by how many turns the spring has, and height of the spring. I.E. if I have a shorter spring with less turns, it should open up the wastegate at a lower psi correct?
Whattya all think?
It pays to know someone with small hands. Came right off.
Next dilemna. I opened up my blitz wastegate, and it appears to have a spring that is very similar to the HKS one. Can I interchange the 2? Size wise the girth looks about the same.
I am guessing that the wastegate is controlled by how many turns the spring has, and height of the spring. I.E. if I have a shorter spring with less turns, it should open up the wastegate at a lower psi correct?
Whattya all think?
01-10-04, 11:29 AM
#6
Originally posted by rzograbian
i have small hands but i read the thred too late... btw, did you try that place i told you about for the parts?
i have small hands but i read the thred too late... btw, did you try that place i told you about for the parts?
Anybody got an answer on this spring question?
01-10-04, 06:49 PM
#7
2/4 wheel cornering fiend
All things being equal (meaning spring coil thickness, outer diameter, etc.), a shorter spring with less coils has a higher (stiffer) spring rate. I don't know what that will mean for the wastegate, though.
