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MM98 04-17-2018 12:46 PM

Boost controller vacuum routing for twins?
 
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Which one of these would you guys recommend? Im running an AEM true boost with a single 3 port solenoid & they don't show any diagrams with a twin set-up. Not sure how the first one would be able to let me up the boost with the tops of the gates vented. Thanks!

svslow 04-17-2018 12:56 PM

I prefer the diagram on the right. My twin set up was plumbed like that. It would make 10psi on the gates and I could get 25-26psi at only 60% DC on the controller.

MM98 04-17-2018 01:42 PM

Sorry, my screen shows top/bottom pics. So if you're saying the one on the right, would that be the one that has the solenoid out going to the top of the wastegates?

svslow 04-17-2018 01:55 PM


Originally Posted by MM98 (Post 19879168)
Sorry, my screen shows top/bottom pics. So if you're saying the one on the right, would that be the one that has the solenoid out going to the top of the wastegates?

Correct. Solenoid regulates the air going to the top of the gates.

MM98 04-17-2018 01:59 PM

Awesome, thanks for the help!

stevieturbo 04-17-2018 07:04 PM

The config with the top chamber open to atmosphere is the simplest method of boost control. Unless you need a wide range or a lot of boost, then this is by far the easiest option.

And there is no reason any part of the boost control system should ever see vacuum

MM98 04-17-2018 08:34 PM


Originally Posted by stevieturbo (Post 19879380)
The config with the top chamber open to atmosphere is the simplest method of boost control. Unless you need a wide range or a lot of boost, then this is by far the easiest option.

And there is no reason any part of the boost control system should ever see vacuum

Can you explain how the boost controller would be able to add pressure on the spring if the top is vented? Sorry, I’m still learning the electric controllers and dont need a ton of boost, maybe double the current spring pressure which is 10lbs. And yes, I should have tittled it routing boost reference lines.

stevieturbo 04-18-2018 03:42 AM

It doesnt need to add pressure. The spring is there, unless it was an incredibly poor setup with huge EGBP then the spring is doing the job it is designed to do. It would require a lot of force in the exhaust manifold to blow open the gates valve against spring pressure alone, often far far more than 10psi.

You would only need to add pressure to assist the spring if your setup needed that.

Same applies with any form of control, manual or electronic, doesnt matter.


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