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Old Jan 15, 2013 | 04:05 PM
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Wastegate plumbed via Turbine housing?

Heres something I haven't seen before. A wastegate plumbed into the turbine housing.





I found it while browsing reddit and wondered whats the proposed pro/con of having a setup like this?

Link to thread where I saw this

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Old Jan 15, 2013 | 04:25 PM
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If done correctly it is the ideal location for a wastegate.
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Old Jan 15, 2013 | 05:19 PM
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I don't see the being much of a difference from a traditional internal wastegate
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Old Jan 15, 2013 | 06:46 PM
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If done correctly it is the ideal location for a wastegate.

And if done poorly is a complete abomination.
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Old Jan 16, 2013 | 02:10 AM
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The new EFR turbos have the WG on the turbine housing
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Old Jan 16, 2013 | 05:15 AM
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Yeh but no one seems to want to try one on a Rotary
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Old Jan 16, 2013 | 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Grizzly
Yeh but no one seems to want to try one on a Rotary
been done with the stock turbo's (non twins) before.
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Old Jan 16, 2013 | 08:45 PM
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It's just an internal wastegate using an external wastegate LOL. Nothing special.

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Old Jan 17, 2013 | 12:53 AM
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Very popular here in OZ on VL turbos and Skylines.
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Old Jan 17, 2013 | 02:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Grizzly
Yeh but no one seems to want to try one on a Rotary
That's because they're so expensive no one really wants to be the first to try it and melt it
Wish I would have ordered one as I could have paid out for the stupid expense by now with it taking so long to recieve them
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Old Jan 17, 2013 | 07:01 AM
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Not really the case. The internal wastegate versions have smaller housings so the non-wastegate versions are preferable for our motors. Plus its like impossible to get one of them to begin with.

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Old Jan 17, 2013 | 11:28 AM
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Yeh I know, I have actually held one, although it was one of the smaller versions, at the local turbo shop.

I know everyone is thinking the WG is maybe too small but it would be good to get a turbo system in one package and simplify the manifolds and fitment.

Your looking at £1,800 for the largest EFR here in the uk.

How much would a turbo, BOV and WG cost all together?
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Old Jan 17, 2013 | 06:35 PM
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It also makes the fitmit of the turbo harder to do.
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Old Jan 19, 2013 | 11:55 AM
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Probably the biggest reason for doing it like that was space constraints. It looks pretty tight in there and I doubt there's any room for wastegate runners in each cylinder manifold runner for a wg.
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Old Jan 19, 2013 | 04:12 PM
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It took me a minute to think about what was going on there. Then I got it. Ok. Neat.
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Old Jan 21, 2013 | 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by cewrx7r1
It also makes the fitmit of the turbo harder to do.
i am thinking the opposite, if the wastegate was on top of the turbo it would be the easiest thing to work on or adjust.

i would love to do this, but i have a divided housing... and that would be a mess lol
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