Possible over boosting
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Jason-I guess to each his own. But when it comes down to it, when you are pushing a turbo at the line, or over on its map, it will live much longer with the wastegate, that is adjusted correctly and working properly.
The wastegate "blowing off" is doing exactly what it is designed to do, manipulate drive pressure to allow the turbo to spool quickly yet not get so excessive with drive pressures that it shortens the life of the turbo.
Either way, disconnecting the red line or not, there is not much at all to be gained. The stock turbo is so small, and it can easily be pushed out of its map with a tuner or chip, as well as the drive pressures.
The wastegate "blowing off" is doing exactly what it is designed to do, manipulate drive pressure to allow the turbo to spool quickly yet not get so excessive with drive pressures that it shortens the life of the turbo.
Either way, disconnecting the red line or not, there is not much at all to be gained. The stock turbo is so small, and it can easily be pushed out of its map with a tuner or chip, as well as the drive pressures.
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Well I mean I can understand, I've messed with the actuator rod with the turbo on the truck and its a SOB. But I know how high drive pressure ratios effect the motor, and I dare to say that at any more than 30psi on a stock turbo is atleast 2:1 if not a good bit more.
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There was a T5 with tunes on it on Oklahoma craigs list today for $300 it said it was only 3 months old. If you scroll down you might see the thread. Looks like a good deal to me. Its about 30 min away from me.
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Call Jody and ask him what it would cost to get different tunes put on there. You might still save money going that route. Although it would be nice to have the F6
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