Turbo Wastegate arm "ADJUSTMENT MOD" And full test results

[rick]

jason did you just put your egr blank in or did you vent anything????

[Eelesy]

i just followed the pics that are on the last page, unbolt, slide blank inbetween gasket plates, bolt back up, only went 2km to the traino and back with it like that but did seem a lil different, unless it was in my head??

[mad992]

has any1 had any adverse performance problems since doing the wastegate mod or has it all been positive,whats every1 think

[GLX-R Alex]

Mine has been adjusted to 17psi now for over 1000km, no probs at all...

[mad992]

hey alex i followed your lead here 2 , as i havent got a scangauge u think my boost is 17psi as well

[rick]

put my blank in today,the gasket was steel in mine?? anny way i fitted it in and its made no diff at all

[daryn]

put my blank in today,the gasket was steel in mine?? anny way i fitted it in and its made no diff at all

For me rick it was the lag off idle in the auto, this has basically eliminated it to where I dont detect any Lag. Have no idea how the manuals are with lag

[rick]

well i never noticed any lag before so maybe i was lucky?

[Stevo8]

Adjusted my wastegate arm as far as it would go, definitely a little more responsive now especially towing uphill. Not a huge gain but worthwhile. EGR mod next thanks Alex.

[GLX-R Alex]

If anyone doesnt notice the difference with the the egr mod , you must be in a mental coma

[rick]

honest mate no diff,i was all excited and watering at the mouth and then " nothing"

[GLX-R Alex]

Must ve as you have a chip so it may be improved already. It will stop the black soot tho

[daryn]

Well did I slip up today.

So when I was doing my wastgate arm adjustment last weekend I had no idea that it was a hitch pin holding the arm on, so I slightly bent the pin out of shape when removing, I thought that I had put it back in shape pretty good, anyways today blipping along stop at lights and start off, no power, it would rev but not accelerate, I pulled over and looked and that bloody hitch pin had said goodbye.

I was stuck until I used a paper clip to get her going again, serious.

So I am now trying to find a smaller size hitch pin and then I will decommission the safety pin, I did get some today but they are just too big to go through the smaller size hole.

Funny driving with no Turbo.

[mad992]

ok daryn,like i said i dropped mine in engine bay god damn it,so this morning get down to your local hobby shop or remote control car shop and buy some body clips that hold the body on the chassis they cost 3bucks for a pack of 10 and are almost identical to original clip you can even get them in any colour so go fast red might be the go for you daryn ,i keep the pack in glove box in case of emergency

[GLX-R Alex]

Oh yes, those rcbody clips would be perfect...

[daryn]

Awesome mad, thanks heaps for that tip, will do.

[Eelesy]

lol @ Daryn... that was my biggest worry that i wouldnt put the pin in properly. its been fine tho, but i guess now i better pop the bonnet and double check

[kwyjibo]

i changed mine back to normal before my service last week just in case... then when i got it back i also took off the nut and screwed it in that little bit further... manages to do 18.4 PSI without any problems, now with alex's blanking plate on she goes bloody quick now! wish scangauge had egt sensor...

[GLX-R Alex]

Someone reported that with the standard computer you should not excede 17.5 or so psi... Im happy with the 17psi i get...

KWYJIBO are you running stock ecu?

[kwyjibo]

yeah, i didnt get any errors on scangauge after the first run so i just left it... will investigate in the morning, been bout 5 days now since.

[GLX-R Alex]

No it wont chuck a code untill 20psi... Its the air fuel ratio that would be a little lean

[kwyjibo]

oh i see, i'll change it down to 17 to be safe, cheers for the tip.

thanks for the blanking plate too, it worked a treat

[Stu]

you'll get the check engine light come on and limp mode at 18.5psi due to overboost

[kwyjibo]

haha so i'm .1 psi away, lucky...

[borngeek]

just finish the wastegate adjust... looking fwd to alex's plate to complete the picture!

no guages to tell you PSI.. just went as far as thread would allow (leaving lock nut) and pulled out a pink posca pen to tidy it...

cool mod!