Sourcing for boost lines
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Sourcing for boost lines
So for the last few months, I had been going off old research and assuming all facets of the car that use the boost level (wastegate actuator, boost gauge, etc.) should be sourcing it from as close to the intake manifold as possible due to that being the actual PSI that the engine was seeing.
I just went to install a compressor inlet and outlet adaptor kit I picked up a while back onto the turbo I'll be using and realized there was a vacuum port on the compressor outlet adaptor. Do some people run their wastegate actuators or something else directly off the compressor outlet, or would it be wiser to run everything from the intake manifold and block that port?
I'm sure it's an obvious answer but I haven't personally built a custom turbo system before and like the reassurance of professional kitten tamers.
I just went to install a compressor inlet and outlet adaptor kit I picked up a while back onto the turbo I'll be using and realized there was a vacuum port on the compressor outlet adaptor. Do some people run their wastegate actuators or something else directly off the compressor outlet, or would it be wiser to run everything from the intake manifold and block that port?
I'm sure it's an obvious answer but I haven't personally built a custom turbo system before and like the reassurance of professional kitten tamers.
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Leaves me to wonder what applications actually would use the port. I understand the flaw of using pre-intercooler pressures, but I guess there is some application for it if the port is included in a reputable kit...
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Waste gate actuator pre-throttle. Compressor outlet port is OK, and, yes, that is why that port is there. If you experience boost droop, then make a port after Intercooler.
MAP sensor, FPR, blowoff valve control, and boost gauge are all post throttle (on intake manifold).
MAP sensor, FPR, blowoff valve control, and boost gauge are all post throttle (on intake manifold).
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Waste gate actuator pre-throttle. Compressor outlet port is OK, and, yes, that is why that port is there. If you experience boost droop, then make a port after Intercooler.
MAP sensor, FPR, blowoff valve control, and boost gauge are all post throttle (on intake manifold).
MAP sensor, FPR, blowoff valve control, and boost gauge are all post throttle (on intake manifold).
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