Questions on gate placement: PICS inside
Questions on gate placement: PICS inside What do you guys think about this gate placement? There wasnt enough room to get the 2.5" pipe on the merge because of the water pump. Is this going to cause creep issues? It's the PTE66 gate.
Joined: Nov 2001
Posts: 8,484
Likes: 0
From: Cecil County Raceway!!!
when the gate opens you are likely going to have a balance issue in the motor since one side will be feeding turbo and the other side will be out to atmosphere (less pressure)
I figured it was going to give some sort of issue. Could the other bank be tied into the dump and work out okay? I guess changing water pumps could be a last ditch effort to get the dump in the merge.
I thought about that too, was hoping to make this one work. I've been waiting forever to get this thing finished. Would a setup similar to either one of these ideas work?:
Trending Topics
LS1 Tech Stories
The Best V8 Stories One Small Block at Time
Topdon ONE vs. Artidiag 800 BT2: Which is the Diagnostic Tablet For You?
Pouria Savadkouei
Gas Monkey Built a 6-Wheel Ferrari Testarossa With a Corvette LT4 Engine
Verdad Gallardo
7 Most Reliable High-Performance Engines GM Has Ever Built
Verdad Gallardo
Amazing '71 Camaro Restomod Is Modern Muscle Car Under the Skin
Verdad Gallardo
6 Common C5 Corvette Failures and What's Involved In Repairing Them
Pouria Savadkouei
Retro Modern Bandit Pontiac Trans AM Comes With Burt Reynolds' Autograph
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Greatest Cadillac V Series Performance Models Ever, Ranked
Pouria Savadkouei
Top 10 Most Powerful Chevy Trucks Ever Made!
Hennessey's New Supercharged Silverado ZR2 Has 700 HP
Verdad Gallardo
There are plenty of mustang kits where the gate is on one crossover pipe.Most of them do it because one header commects directly too turbo flange and doesn't have room for a gate on merge.
All of those guys kits work with it that way.
All of those guys kits work with it that way.
I think it will be fine as is, but it is not optimal.
You don't have room to drop it vertically down into the merge (so the wastegate stands up vertical... parallel with the radiator)? See pics for location of wastegate dumping into merge (pipe will be stratight, not radiused)
You don't have room to drop it vertically down into the merge (so the wastegate stands up vertical... parallel with the radiator)? See pics for location of wastegate dumping into merge (pipe will be stratight, not radiused)
The car isnt in my posession, so I'm going by the word of the fabricator. Here is the only other one I have that shows what you're looking for. It actually does look like there's room on the front.
The best way is to have two small pipes inline with the flow merge at the wastegate.
Realistically the turbo setup will have a higher back pressure pre turbo than post turbo, so proper "flow" into the gate isn't a crucial. A pressurized system will vent where ever the opening is.
It becomes more crucial to be inline with the flow if the back pressure is closer to 1:1 or if the wastegate is undersized.
im just saying it wouldn't have the best control if the air had to make a 180* turn. the air is going to want to go straight into the turbo verses flipping around, especially at the velocity its moving.
I think with a 66mm gate, he'd be fine no matter how he puts it.