Wastegate control via exhaust backpressure????

[Jim Haseltine]

No, he's correct. The lower wg chamber on the WR is connected with a
stainless steel (or steel/rubber/steel on later cars) pipe to the exhaust
manifold.

Only the really early ones had a full stainless pipe, my early 81 has it but
my later 81 had the three part (steel/rubber/steel) set-up.

Regards,

Jim Haseltine

----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc Swanson" <mswanson at sonitrol.net>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 10:10 PM
Subject: Wastegate control via exhaust backpressure????


> I know nothing about the WR so I figured I'd ask the list on this
> one...:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1872470597
>
>
> the seller of this "Euro WX to WR conversion kit" shows some pics of the
> WG and mentions that the WR has the feed line to the lower WG chamber
> plumbed to the collector on the EM (?).  I've NEVER heard of a WG
> operating in this manner and it seems like an odd way to control boost..
> Then again I know nothing about the WR so I thought I'd ask...
>
> Maybe he messed up and tried to connect the sniffer pipe to the WG..
> thinking it would then connect to the EM somehow??
>
>
> Later
>
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