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Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 5:22 pm 
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can u plum the hose from a boost gauge into anywhere on the pipe that goes from the turbo to the t/body or is the side of the waste gate the only place you can?
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Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 5:27 pm 
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Um... you want a reading which reflects the pressure in the manifold. So any vac hose coming from the manifold will do the trick - just not PCV or other which may have check valves etc.

Something like brake booster will do the trick, or the vac line you have used for the BOV.

 

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Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 6:16 pm 
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tap into the wastegate and you'll see what the turbo sees. tap into the manifold and you'll see what the engine sees. very rarely is there no psi drop from turbo to motor.
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Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 8:31 pm 
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ok thanks guys....its just that my waste gate is in a pretty awkward spot to get to easily....just thought there may hav been away around it.
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Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 8:52 pm 
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So you finally have the turbo fitted up and running now trent?
Your dad told me about the ride you took him on, and F**k sounds like its gonna be a nice little package that has been fitted up.

 

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Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 6:24 pm 
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lol did he?
just think that was when i couldnt go past half throtal and the bov was leaking..
just need a new bov spring or new bov .... coz the spring pressure is way to soft and is being pushed open when on boost.
just a matter of cleaning up a few little things now
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Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 9:48 pm 
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RockfordFosgate wrote:
lol did he?
just think that was when i couldnt go past half throtal and the bov was leaking..
just need a new bov spring or new bov .... coz the spring pressure is way to soft and is being pushed open when on boost.
just a matter of cleaning up a few little things now



there is usually a little adjustment on it to tighten it up??

doesnt have one??

should just be a screw or something like that on the bottom or the top of the BOV
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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 9:03 pm 
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nah dosent ...my old 1 used to but this 1 only has a fitting for the hose
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Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 8:42 pm 
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don't run it from the wastegate hose if you're running a boost controller, or you will be seeing a modified reading
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