Am I missing something here or am I losing my mind?

http://forum.crookedh.com/showthread...0248#post40248

 

Um....so he has no BOV but has a WG.

Very interesting. Ask him how it has it plumbed, to the exhaust? LOL owned.gif owned.gif

 

now im not a genius by any means. but i'm reading this as he's just using a wastegate to serve the same purpose as a BOV. make sense?

 

That's what I was thinking. But then I thought, why not just use a BOV?

 

got an extra wastegate lying around but no BOV?

for shits and giggles?

 

Well, i dont think a BOV would work for what hes doing.

I believe hes using the wastegate in the charge pipe to hold in boost, additionally a signal line is routed from the charge pipe to the wastegate, when the boost reaches a certain PSI the boost pushes the wastegate open, regulating the boost.

A bov is only opened under vacuum, and there isnt any vacuum when boosting

what would be more simple is to use a radiator cap type pressure release valve, when the boost reaches a certain PSI it pushes open the valve.

 

I mentioned that. It's called a Pop-off valve. Many stock boosted cars have these to prevent over boosting due to a wastegate failure.

If he wanted, he could find one from such a car and modify it to be adjustable. My 300zx came with one preset to like 12psi I believe.

 

Yah it would have been much easier with the pop off, but it works with the wastegate.

 

Wait till I SC my Tib, I'm going to have quad TB's/quad Wastegates/Quad BOV's.

It's gonna be swizzle.

 

no quad exhaust????

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