ajustable actuator install

[madhat]

do i have to pull the turbo to install an adjustable wastegate actuator? the guy before me bought one, put on a bigger turbo, but never installed the actuator. i NEED it so i can turn DOWN my boost...cant afford race gas or alchohol inject yet...because my knock sensor goes all the way over to the last red dot if i spool up completely...thats because i have a red's 93 chip, ta49, 17# boost, green stripes, 91 octane!!! tried xylene, but thatll get too expesive and ruin my injectors over time, and besides, it didnt help enough.

 

[Quick6'n'-K.C.]

with the 49 turbo you should be able to take the 2 bolts out that hold the wastegate to the compressor housing- so you dont need to remove the turbo!!!

there should be a clip holding the rod to the puck swivel, so dont forget to take that clip off first-

all you need to do is turn the wastegate OUT to lower the boost...

if you cant get the boost lower than what you want, just run a vacuum hose from the compressor housing to the wastegate, and you should get 13psi, depends on how tight the rod is...

BW

 

[madhat]

hey, thanks for the help

 

[Quick6'n'-K.C.]

No problem...
just remember the tighter the rod is, the more boost you will run-

make sure you have adaquate fuel octane so you Dont blow it up!

also, reds 93 chip has 23-24 degrees of timing in it, THAT may be why you are getting knock-

try lowering the boost to 14-15, if it still knocks, see if you can get a lower timing street chip and have the boost set to 15-16psi

HTH
BW

 

[madhat]

I got the thing on, but the wastegate lever only goes back, I can't pull it back above 10#s. Is there a trick to getting it back up to like 14#s?

 

[madhat]

I've tried jiggling, hammering, yelling at it, nothing works. It is like it was never meant to go past perfectly vertical...the 10# point...and I KNOW it goes higher, thats why I put the adjustable one on...17# was way too high!

 

[Cool87GN]

Did it all work out?

Were you able to get it right?

 

[madhat]

oh yeah...over 2 years ago