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Old May 9, 2011 | 08:48 AM
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I have a question about the Wastegate or at least thats what I think is wrong. When I am really getting on the throttle and I am around 10 lbs of boost which is usually around 6-7.5k rps it seems the wastegate kicks in and I lose all the boost. Could that be a bad wastegate?
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Old May 9, 2011 | 10:20 AM
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From: wpg man can
It may be too light of a spring on the waste gate try placing a vacuum gauge on it and find out when it starts to open,if it opens too quickly you can re-spring it, or if it is OEM, place a after market boost controller inline on the waste gate, so you can dial in more boost
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Old May 9, 2011 | 11:42 AM
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It sounds like your car may have a pop-off valve. Can you post a picture of the intake system? Or do you see one of these pop-off valves mounted to the intake plumbing?
http://himni-racing.com/index.php?ma...oducts_id=1331
http://products.nasioc.com/viewProdu...?ProductID=289
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