I currently have a deltagate..and i found a tial 38mm for $160 while the brand new ones cost around $210...is it safe to buy a used one? how can i tell if it's still in good condition? or should i just play it safe and spend the xtra $60?

 

Used are perfectly safe. You also get the benifit of having the spring allready be broken in!

 

Wastegates are pretty hard to mess up. I have never really heard of anyone breaking one. They wear out, but I suspect it takes quite a bit of time for this to happen, as I have seen many with high mileage on them. As with anything though you take that risk that the last guy was an idiot. I would go with the used one personally.

Jake D.

 

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yep, this is very true. also its important to properly break in the ball bearings as well.

 

alrite thanks guys!

just in case i decide to buy a new one anyway...how do I properly break in a wastegate...because my motor is currently being built...so when it's done...i'm going to have to break it in anyway...so having to break in the wastegate is not a big deal to me...i'd rather spend a lil more then not knowing what the last owner did to it ya knoe...but yea...how do you properly break in a wastegate?

 

Theres no way to "break-in" a wastegate except for hitting the PSI the internal spring (or a manual or electronic boost controller) is set for.
After a bunch of high-heat cycles and opening/closing's of the diaphram/spring everything will loosen up and settle and you'll be good.

The only con to running a non-broken in wg is that the spring is initially stiffer, so say if you have a 7.5 lb spring, it might allow 7.5-8.5 of boost before it startes bleeding exhaust.

 

I bought one at a pretty good price with ony one missing air fitting and no hardwear


Modified by usdmcivic94 at 10:52 PM 3/6/2005