[s-cars] Wastegate spring tightening

[Pasqualoni, James E]

You may also want to consider using a K-valve wg frequency valve instead.
It will help your wg do it's job better and faster.  Prior to install, I was
seeing similar boost values to Elijah's wife's car.  Since the ECU in my car
was sensing an over-boost condition at higher revs, it was cutting back on
the timing and slowing me down-power was peaky at higher rpms.  With the
K-valve, boost is rock sold at 25 psi from around 3,400 all the way to
7,000.  Power is stronger and way more linear.  Plus it's only about $90
with a DIY install!

HTH,
Jim

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Subject: Re: [s-cars] Wastegate spring tightening


 
In a message dated 10/14/2004 9:15:30 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com writes:

OK, so I  have the RS2 performance mods, should I be thinking about
adjusting the  spring?


Tanks
Chris

Slip sliding away my  friends!



Chris,
 My wife has the full RS2 setup on her car and does not have a boost  gauge 
so I left the spring alone until last weekend when I hooked a gauge up  just
to 
see what her setup was making. Well, with the spring in the stock  position 
the car is making and holding 28psi to around 6000 and then backing it  off
to 
22psi. This is much more boost than I had expected so I left the spring
where 
it is because at this level the car would start overboosting if the spring  
was tightened at all. Now on my old car with a much larger turbo I had a 
stiffer  spring in as well as four turns and running the same SW as she is
from 
Pastore  would boost to around 26psi and hold 24 to redline. Even though the
car 
was  making much more power it was making less boost I assume because of the

large  compressor wheel bringing in a more efficient charge of air. Anyway
if 
you don't  have a boost gauge get one before you tamper with the  spring.

Elijah
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