Boost controller options + solution to my low boost problem

[james accordino]

Thanks.  Check my last post re: this system just
posted on Audiworld.  It's absolutely the sh*t.  IMHO.
 I'm really going to do this.  It fits all my
criteria.  I'm just glad someone else got to do all
the sourcing and research.  That's excellect.

Jim Accordino

--- Pat Dooley <pdooley at gte.net> wrote:
> something you might consider is a mechanical device:
> http://boostvalve.com/
>
> I don't know about the K series turbos but it works
> very well on the
> garretts.  My Merkur holds 18 psi steady, never a
> spike, never a problem.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: quattro-admin at audifans.com
> [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
> > Behalf Of james accordino
> > Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 8:13 PM
> > To: Marc Swanson
> > Cc: audi list
> > Subject: Re: Boost controller options + solution
> to my low boost problem
> >
> >
> > I think the only real downside to the manual
> system is
> > the lack of automatic safeguards.  That's why it's
> > called a "schrapnel knobben", right?  This is fine
> to
> > me as long as:
> >              you use good gas always(no 87 octane)
> >              you really KNOW your car/engine
> >              you know when it's knocking and drop
> > boost
> >              you can "tolerate" a blown engine
> >
> > What I mean by tolerate is that it's not an end of
> the
> > world situation like you just blew the 20 grand
> mill
> > in your new S8 and they voided the warranty
> because of
> > your mods.  Dig?  I think by your posts that you
> meet
> > all of these criteria, so why not go for a $20-50
> > manual boost system using bypass air?  I would
> spring
> > for a good pressure regulator.  Some of the cheap
> > Chinese ones aren't very accurate and will leak or
> > change pressures on their own.  BTDT, with shop
> air.
> >
> > Jim Accordino
> > --- Marc Swanson <mswanson at sonitrol.net> wrote:
> > > As some of you may know from my previous
> ramblings
> > > I've been having a
> > > problem where I could not seem to get over 8psi
> with
> > > a Charlie Smith
> > > spring.
> > >
> > > Just for kicks last night I tried plugging the
> > > wastegate signal line to
> > > eliminate it as the problem area.
> > >
> > > So out I go on a drive where I come to a stop
> and
> > > nail it at an
> > > intersection.. figuring that if the car was
> going to
> > > overboost I'd see
> > > it and back off.  I matted the throttle and
> before I
> > > could even blink my
> > > car was screaming at 25psi!  Woah!  So much for
> my
> > > thoughts on a leak or
> > > an oversized turbo ;-)
> > >
> > > In any event this made me realize that the only
> > > reason my 4ktq with the
> > > old CIS setup hit 12 psi with this spring was
> > > because of the WGFV,
> > > pressurizing the upper WG chamber (DUH!).
> > >
> > > So now I'm in the market for some kind of
> external
> > > wastegate control and
> > > I thought I'd get the lists opinion on the pros
> and
> > > cons of the various
> > > setups out there:  manual vs. electronic, bypass
> vs.
> > > upper chamber
> > > pressurization (ala CIS WGFV), etc.
> > >
> > > I'm leaning toward the el cheapo manual setup
> since
> > > I don't think I
> > > really need anything more than a device to give
> me x
> > > psi over stock.
> > >
> > >
> > > Thoughts?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > --
> > > ----------------------------------
> > > Marc Swanson, Software Engineer
> > > Sonitrol Communications Corp.
> > > Hartford, CT
> > >
> > > Email: mswanson at sonitrol.net
> > > Phone: (860) 616-7036
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> >
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