EXternal wastegate question

Discussion in '2.3L (N/A & Turbo)' started by TurboCoupeWHITT, Apr 19, 2005.

  1. TurboCoupeWHITT New Member

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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:
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    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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