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I guess I should have also said "take the spring out of your wastegate" too.

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a solid plate between the mani and turbo blocks exhaust flow from the motor numbnuts

thats what he meant.. no path for exhaust = non running engine

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who said i was complaining. would you risk a 3 hour trip with a $3500 motor. what if all of a sudden you need the power to get out of a situation. motors gone, or you get hit.

theres a lot more to it then just to "take it easy"


i will tow it. or pull it with my suv. im not going to risk it.

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your ecu will not let you boost over a couple pounds

everyone use's the bullshit "what if i need the power to get out of something" exscuse

if your a big enough dumbass to get hit without boost god only knows what you would do to yourself with it.. drive it to get tuned or sell it because if you cant handle keeping your foot off the gas you'll kill yourself anyway

i will be spending 3 1/2 hours to goto my tuners on a basemap after break in on my motor and i dont care, im not stupid enough to drive close enough to people to "need" power to get myself out of anything

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This is what I had in mind... Disconnect charge pipe and somehow cap it off, and pop off your BOV. if anything, just a little. My thoughts are the only reason it would overspool is b/c it won't build up any pressure to give the turbo any resistance. so if you have a small outlet to let off the pressure and it doesn't overboost and pop somethng then it should be fine.

Obviously keep w/g open while doin this.

Any thoughts?

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Yeah, it blocks the exhaust from getting to the turbo, so instead it goes through the wastegate (if he has an external gate.

And my nuts haven't been numb since that time I sat on the can for too long and my entire ass region fell asleep.

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i have closed loop external gate

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Since your gate is internal, disconnect the wastegate arm. If your turbo is like mine, when the arm is disconnected, no boost is made since the flapper stays open. I drove from Frisco to LA and back like this (about a 1000 mi trip), and never seen any boost :'( (my homemade arm fell of a few days before my trip)

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maybe i will drive it then with open gate haha its a 38mm external gate routed back into the downpipe.
loose bov and open gate should equal no boost. im still undecided.
towing isn't that much with my suv. rent a trailer and thats it. driving it would be better though.

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just hook up the fmu, and drive to the tuner! It won't cause any harm.