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stoopid boost controllers!!!!
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 2:26 pm
by veecee
those typical fong kong manual boost controllers, how do you install them.
i've installed one, and i dont think its behaving properly!!! it didn't come with instructions bar two stickers with arrows saying "towards wastegate actuator"!!!
i know they are not the best, but i figured it would work a little bit. but mine makes some strange noises when bleeding off boost (like small fluffy animals being torn up in the turbo) and it spikes and then drops off heavily.
i think i may have installed it incorrectly - or its the biggest load of junk out there!!!
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 2:45 pm
by Sokar
I have the same one... TURBOSMART RAWKS!!!!
Install guide...
http://homepages.acenet.co.za/sokar/FG-GBCV-IC.PDF
Thank me later....
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 2:49 pm
by Dislex666
bastardo!
beat me too it
i also used to have (well still have it actually - just not fitted) one of those jobbies. Worked pretty well
the XMS controls boost very nicely too
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 3:15 pm
by Ero_sennin
Could someone explain how this works how can it actually turn your boost up, seeing as you cut the tube in half add the controller thingie , Logically I can understand how this can turn it down by restricting the flow, thus having the straight tube means full boost or is it actually by restricting the pipe does it turn this up. I'm all confused now.
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 3:32 pm
by Sokar
It increases boost by bleeding some of the air used to push the waste gate open.
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 3:37 pm
by Ero_sennin
aaahhh that makes sense , so by taking that pipe off the wastegate wont open and you will go out with a boom
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 3:39 pm
by Sokar
You got it right!
Interestingly enough, the Manual boost controller cant make your boost lower than stock.
Have you ever driven when your actuator pipe has fallen off, the stock turbo can do 1.2 bar quick quick
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 3:48 pm
by Ero_sennin
HAHA Nope haven't had that happen. That would be a big surprise though.
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 3:52 pm
by Gary57
I have an electronic boost controller, controled by the wolf. The things works great but it makes this ticking noise the whole time, very irratating especially when the car is off and the key is on.
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:07 pm
by sakkie de kok
hello
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 8:11 am
by Dislex666
mine also ticked like a muther!@#$!@%!
but the calibrator sorted it last week
- not sure what he did
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:07 am
by veecee
here's the kicker...
mine is stupid copy of the real thing. was cheap.
and i reckon its leaking!!!
my boost goes to 0.7 much quicker, but also drops off much quicker. so after about 5000rpm it drops from 0.7 to 0.5 before 6000 rpm.
its almost like the needle slowly bounces off the 0.7 mark!!!
reckon its leaking???
oh sorry - forgot to say very many thanks to sokar for the link. thats how i installed it. common sense really!
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:55 am
by Gary57
It could be leaking, put a compressor on the one end and check.
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:58 am
by veecee
Gary57 wrote:It could be leaking, put a compressor on the one end and check.
well at least someone around here has brains!!!
i never thought of that - but thats cos i got none!!!
thanks G
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 12:07 pm
by Gary57
mine also ticked like a muther!@#$!@%!
but the calibrator sorted it last week - not sure what he did
Any chance of you finding out??