wastegate exhaust questions
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wastegate exhaust questions I'm thinking of running a separate exhaust for my wastegate. i found a 1.5" bike muffler that is about 12" long. is that too small of a pipe? my waste gate it 38mm which is smaller than 1.5"s. i just want to make sure its not going to cause boost creep.
i have decided to do this do to the fact that i gained a lot of power suddenly one day. i had to add a lot of fuel at WOT. i found i had lost a bolt on my waste gate and it has a leak between it and the down pipe. i would like to keep this new found power but not the noise. so i found these mufflers. they are $36 for two of them. i figured i can hook them together and it would sound better.
i have decided to do this do to the fact that i gained a lot of power suddenly one day. i had to add a lot of fuel at WOT. i found i had lost a bolt on my waste gate and it has a leak between it and the down pipe. i would like to keep this new found power but not the noise. so i found these mufflers. they are $36 for two of them. i figured i can hook them together and it would sound better.
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your gate is huge compared to mine. how hot would the wastegate exhaust pipe get? i could run a 2" or so pipe to the back but it will be close to my trans. i guess it would only get warm being that the gate is not open all the time.
yeah i am wanting to do the same on mine. i noticed an increase in seat of pants power when i rerouted my wastegate pipe out of the downpipe and just dumped under car but hate the sound when it opens up.i have no idea what muffler i am going to run on it tho
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i found cherry bomb makes a 2" muffler that has a 3.5" body. they are like $32 on ebay. i think i'm going that route. its small and i can route it by my 4" exhaust.
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Verdad Gallardo mine just sounds really raspy when the wastegate opens, i am thinking of putting a long glass pack on it and see how that sounds..right now i am running the down pipe dumped under car..sounds good until oh raspy kicks in lol...but does run better this way
For a real increase in power don't dump the WG separately. Put a big enough spring in it so it never opens in the first place, lol
Are you guys running restrictive exhaust systems? The only reason I can think of you would pick up power by dumping the WG is not enough flow in the exhaust. Or is there something I'm missing here?
Are you guys running restrictive exhaust systems? The only reason I can think of you would pick up power by dumping the WG is not enough flow in the exhaust. Or is there something I'm missing here?
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For a real increase in power don't dump the WG separately. Put a big enough spring in it so it never opens in the first place, lol
Are you guys running restrictive exhaust systems? The only reason I can think of you would pick up power by dumping the WG is not enough flow in the exhaust. Or is there something I'm missing here?
Are you guys running restrictive exhaust systems? The only reason I can think of you would pick up power by dumping the WG is not enough flow in the exhaust. Or is there something I'm missing here?
