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Old Feb 10, 2008 | 05:38 PM
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What does unplugging the waste gate do?

I have mine unplugged and really have not see anything different. I plugged it back in and it seamed to give me better MPG. But that may have been in my head.

What does it do, the good and the bad?

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Old Feb 10, 2008 | 05:54 PM
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you should be able to build a little more boost and spool up will be a little faster..did you plug the red line on a boot clamp when you pulled it off the tubo ???
 
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heres a post on it!

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/3...wastegate.html
 
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