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Boost Controllers
Allright...I heard that installing a boost controller to...well...CONTROL BOOST helps your kit run better and spool..."quicker"? Replying on the wastegate itself makes things run poo pooy. I've heard this now from a few people and I was trying to tell my friend this...well...he refuses to believe me...so please..INFORM ME WHY THIS IS TRUE!
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Re: Boost Controllers (riot)
Boost controller controls boost. I dont see how your "kit" would "run better" or "spool faster" with a boost controller.
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Re: Boost Controllers (SO3Burner)
A boost controller holds the wastegate closed until your desired max boost is reached. Without a boost controller, the wastegate will begin to open partially at a much lower psi.
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Re: Boost Controllers (SilverLudeSi)
Maybe with higher boost. But at low boost I dont here mine before 6-7 lbs which is what mines set at.
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whether its $4 OR $600, most likely you'll notice it, even at the same pressure levels. Silverlude got it right, but you won't know til you try it.
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Re: Boost Controllers (5thgen)
So WHAT then, get it or not? It's one person yes, it's another saying no. Ahhhh.... I'm confused, anybody else?
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Re: Boost Controllers (Snafu-Si)
So WHAT then, get it or not? It's one person yes, it's another saying no. Ahhhh.... I'm confused, anybody else?
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Re: Boost Controllers (5thgen)
whether its $4 OR $600, most likely you'll notice it, even at the same pressure levels. Silverlude got it right, but you won't know til you try it.
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Re: Boost Controllers (ekb18c)
yeah whatever get the boost controller so that you can use your 7lbs - 9 lbs more efficiently. Meanwhile Ill save the money to build my engine so that I can actually go higher than 7 lbs and then NEED a boost controller at that point.
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A pal of mine down here has the D15 and its turboed. We talked about this boost controller thing and the waste gate partially opening before it limits the boost at 5 or 6psi ( what ever). What we discussed was using an msd swtich that you would use with a NOS setup. Set it so that it opens only at a set psi say 10 psi. so basically the waste gate remains completely shut before you hi 10 psi, then as soon as you hit it bang the waste gate opens and you maintian your 10 psi. This we suspect would give more efficient boost and better spool up times and down low power, which on my D16Z6 would be nice.
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Re: Boost Controllers (SO3Burner)
yeah whatever get the boost controller so that you can use your 7lbs - 9 lbs more efficiently. Meanwhile Ill save the money to build my engine so that I can actually go higher than 7 lbs and then NEED a boost controller at that point.
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Re: Boost Controllers (dbman96)
So, since a manual boost controller uses a ball and spring, wouldn't it act similar to a wastegate. What I mean is, will it let some boost pressure get to the wastegate at a lower psi than desired and also cause the wastegate to partially open as well?
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Re: Boost Controllers (SO3Burner)
yeah whatever get the boost controller so that you can use your 7lbs - 9 lbs more efficiently. Meanwhile Ill save the money to build my engine so that I can actually go higher than 7 lbs and then NEED a boost controller at that point.
Boost Controllers are our friend not our enemy, embrace them..
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Re: Boost Controllers (TurboTypeR98)
So, since a manual boost controller uses a ball and spring, wouldn't it act similar to a wastegate. What I mean is, will it let some boost pressure get to the wastegate at a lower psi than desired and also cause the wastegate to partially open as well?
Kinda simplified, but you can see how it works... just a side note; for any boost controller to work optimally you need the weakest possible spring on your actual wastegate.
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