wastegate springs

Kneale Brownson knotnook at traverse.com
Sat Apr 28 09:46:37 EDT 2001


At 01:02 AM 04/28/2001 -0700, Ti Kan wrote:

>omllenado writes:
> > Fuel pump relay ...ah ok,=20
> > so this will override the fuel Pump cutoff to have a stable fuel =
> > pressure??
>
>It disables the fuel pump from shutting off at the predetermined
>boost level, so you can get more boost, but it also defeats the
>built-in protection against overboost.  Not a good thing.
Also not good, as I understand it,  is that the fuel pump will continue to 
pump in the event of an accident where, maybe, a disabled driver cannot 
shut off the ignition.

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