Page: |
Home > Help Needed / General Tech Chat > Boost | |||||||
114 Posts Member #: 11728 Advanced Member Uden, Holland |
6th Sep, 2020 at 06:50:45am
Hi guys.
|
||||||
7259 Posts Member #: 1268 The Boom Boom speaker Police! Essex |
6th Sep, 2020 at 09:23:47am
Do you have a boost gauge to see what’s happening?
In the 13's at last!.. Just |
||||||
114 Posts Member #: 11728 Advanced Member Uden, Holland |
6th Sep, 2020 at 09:37:18am
The standard Metro Turbo Clocks with Boost-gauge-leds. |
||||||
2478 Posts Member #: 1954 Post Whore Luton Bedfordshire |
6th Sep, 2020 at 10:00:54am
The ecu controls the the compressor pressure fed into the waste gate actuator by opening and closing the waste gate solenoid valve usually mounted on the bulkhead. I have found that ecu's can vary a little in operation but you won't feel a hammer punch. Best way to get a little more is to fit a waste gate bleed valve, and adjust so that at full chat the ecu regulates up to 10psi of boost Own the day
|
||||||
806 Posts Member #: 989 Post Whore North Yorkshire |
7th Sep, 2020 at 09:14:48am
Are you sure it is all plumbed in correctly following your previous issues with the boost gauge not working? |
||||||
114 Posts Member #: 11728 Advanced Member Uden, Holland |
7th Sep, 2020 at 04:54:49pm
Yes I’m pretty sure. The boost gauge works again, well most of the time really, sometimes I have to tic on the gauge to bring it to life, a bad connection I think. Will have a look at that next winter.
|
||||||
114 Posts Member #: 11728 Advanced Member Uden, Holland |
8th Sep, 2020 at 05:00:07pm
I think I found the wastegate solenoid, screwed to the bulkhead. Is there a way to test if it works like it should?
|
||||||
806 Posts Member #: 989 Post Whore North Yorkshire |
11th Sep, 2020 at 09:35:49am
The solenoid can be tested by putting 12 volts to it, which will open it. If you wanted to see if it was working as it's supposed to you would need to go for a drive with an oscilloscope fitted. A pressure gauge would be a simpler place to start. |
||||||
114 Posts Member #: 11728 Advanced Member Uden, Holland |
11th Sep, 2020 at 06:35:34pm
Thanks, I will put 12v on it this weekend and see what happens. Can it be overhauled if it doesn’t work right? How?
Edited by Yoda74 on 11th Sep, 2020. |
||||||
114 Posts Member #: 11728 Advanced Member Uden, Holland |
24th Sep, 2020 at 10:44:20am
Who can give me some advice on a good boost-gauge (0-15psi?) and where I should connect it to?
|
||||||
3569 Posts Member #: 655 Post Whore Northern Ireland |
24th Sep, 2020 at 05:01:40pm
Really, just pick one that you like the look of, and they need to take the reading from the intake manifold. 9.85 @ 145mph
|
||||||
114 Posts Member #: 11728 Advanced Member Uden, Holland |
24th Sep, 2020 at 07:52:36pm
I don’t care for inaccurate gauges, what I see on the gauge must be the exact boost, not about...
|
||||||
1648 Posts Member #: 9038 Post Whore Carlisle, Cumbria |
25th Sep, 2020 at 10:41:35am
On 24th Sep, 2020 stevieturbo said:
Really, just pick one that you like the look of, and they need to take the reading from the intake manifold. i use a racetech one but that's because I use a dual oil temp/pressure gauge of theirs too. I think as long as its a decent brand you'll be fine racetech, stack, smiths etc |
||||||
114 Posts Member #: 11728 Advanced Member Uden, Holland |
25th Sep, 2020 at 02:21:05pm
Thanks hazpalmer!
|
||||||
8604 Posts Member #: 573 Formerly Axel Podland |
25th Sep, 2020 at 07:53:58pm
Are you actually loading the engine whilst checking or just revving it stationary? Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
|
||||||
8604 Posts Member #: 573 Formerly Axel Podland |
25th Sep, 2020 at 07:54:05pm
Are you actually loading the engine whilst checking or just revving it stationary? Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
|
||||||
114 Posts Member #: 11728 Advanced Member Uden, Holland |
26th Sep, 2020 at 06:22:35am
Just revving it stationary, will that make a difference? |
||||||
3004 Posts Member #: 2500 Post Whore Buckinghamshire |
26th Sep, 2020 at 09:20:37am
You will only show boost when the engine is under load, i.e.driving it |
||||||
114 Posts Member #: 11728 Advanced Member Uden, Holland |
18th Oct, 2020 at 12:51:34pm
I just tried the following:
|
||||||
806 Posts Member #: 989 Post Whore North Yorkshire |
19th Oct, 2020 at 09:12:15am
It doesn't just open the solenoid, it modulates it.
|
||||||
114 Posts Member #: 11728 Advanced Member Uden, Holland |
19th Oct, 2020 at 04:01:31pm
Where should I fit in the boost gauge tube? |
||||||
2618 Posts Member #: 1246 Post Whore Lowestoft, Suffolk. |
19th Oct, 2020 at 10:34:09pm
If its a boost gauge that displays only positive pressure (boost) then install the gauge between the turbo and carb'
|
||||||
114 Posts Member #: 11728 Advanced Member Uden, Holland |
23rd Oct, 2020 at 10:14:17am
@Shane: In case of boost/vacuum-gauge, do you mean in the inlet-manifold just behind the carb??
|
||||||
4619 Posts Member #: 20 My sister is so fit I won't show anyone her picture Lake District |
23rd Oct, 2020 at 12:00:39pm
Drill/tap the inlet manifold and connect it to that.
|
||||||
114 Posts Member #: 11728 Advanced Member Uden, Holland |
23rd Oct, 2020 at 01:27:44pm
Easy as that...
|
||||||
Home > Help Needed / General Tech Chat > Boost | |||||||
|
Page: |