Disabling Wastegate
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From: Elmendorf AFB, Anchorage
Well I just want to say that I unpluged the red hose and don't shorten the rod. Noticed a difference in it spooling up quicker. I also took off the insulation on my intercooler tube, on the hot side. Makes a bit of a difference in hearing the turbo spool up. I want more!! Should I get a wicked wheel? I want it to scream.
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From: LA and CO
My truck already had the muffler removed when I bought it. I did the kwik mod awhile back and removed the insulation on the driver's i/cooler pipe over the weekend. I unplugged the wastegate the other day as well after reading this thread.
It has a noticeable seat of the pants feel, and the whistle is louder and more high pitched than it was before. I plan to do the WW when I take the turbo off to redo the gaskets on the manifolds and up-pipes/y-pipe.
It sounds more like my dad's old 95 PSD that he had years ago.
It has a noticeable seat of the pants feel, and the whistle is louder and more high pitched than it was before. I plan to do the WW when I take the turbo off to redo the gaskets on the manifolds and up-pipes/y-pipe.
It sounds more like my dad's old 95 PSD that he had years ago.
Rather Be Floatin
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From: Marble Falls, Tx.
Had to be from the "un-plug". I ran 3 tanks of fuel thru and fuel mileage suffered, reconnected and fuel mileage went to where it was previous the unplug. Have no idea why but when I posted about this approx 1 year ago some others had the same results. Check this out: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/s...d.php?t=451525
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how do you shorten the wastegate rod??? i umplugged the red hose and made about 4 lbs of boost more but i quickly threw a code so i plugged it back in until it reset
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i have a couple of questions... first off is approximately how much boost can you get out of these turbos, i have a banks upgradeded turbo with a banks intercooler and with a programmer i boost be tween 22 - 25 pound and 26 pounds with the red tube un plugged 27 if im lucky, i also have the big head waste gate 4" exhaust turbo back airade in take 75 hp injectors. My next question is how do you keep the code from popping up. Finally how can i get more boost or can i not get more than that.
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From: New Hampshire
Originally Posted by injoy69
how do you shorten the wastegate rod??? i umplugged the red hose and made about 4 lbs of boost more but i quickly threw a code so i plugged it back in until it reset
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From: New Hampshire
Originally Posted by Ryan 7.3 PSD
i have a couple of questions... first off is approximately how much boost can you get out of these turbos, i have a banks upgradeded turbo with a banks intercooler and with a programmer i boost be tween 22 - 25 pound and 26 pounds with the red tube un plugged 27 if im lucky, i also have the big head waste gate 4" exhaust turbo back airade in take 75 hp injectors. My next question is how do you keep the code from popping up. Finally how can i get more boost or can i not get more than that.
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From: New Hampshire
Originally Posted by Ryan 7.3 PSD
do you have any sugestions why im not getting close to 30 psi and how i could get up that high
out around 25 psi and i have done the CCV mod,80hp chip,filed my 5way intake manifold pipe surface irregularities
and changed out my stock wheel to the WW.
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when setting my overboost regulator,, what shoudll i set it at,,, with my boost guage seems i get ses light at about 20 lbs,, could this be right,, or when it pulls hard for cpl seconds i get ses,,, wonding how low to set the regulator,,