Fooling the wastegate
 

I have a Starion Turbo and they are set at 11 lbs of boost but I only want to run 7 on my set up. I saw the Hondatuning article and they said to bend the wastegate lever or change the spring does anyone know any better ways any info is helpful.

Re:Fooling the wastegate
 

bending the actuator will raise the boost, and ive never heard of anyone changing the springs in an internal wastegate actuator, just externals to the best of my knowledge (i dont know how well it would seal after pulling it apart). your best bet is to get another actuator, or extend your a slight bit (or thread it), but this will probably add a little lag

Re:Fooling the wastegate
 

just get a boost controller.or hell .....you can make your own.

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well, that would be a good idea if he wanted to raise the boost, but he doesnt

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There was that trick where you cut the arm, thread bothe ends and add a threaded tube between them in the FAQ section... Link doesn't work, but I have the ho to picture somewhere if you want it.

Re:Fooling the wastegate
 

yes that'll work

basically your making it so you can make the arm as long or as short as you want.

but thing is
if you lower the boost.. it does it by making the flapper open sooner.. but before its fully open, it'll be open a little bit, letting out gases, and taking longer for it to spool.

if the more you drop the boost the longer it'll take to spool.
so you'll end up hitting like 6psi by 5k rpm or some bs.

well maybe thats an exteme case and this is all hearsay,
but i'm pretty sure thats how it works.

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Thanks guys your info was helpful I was looking at my wastegate actuator last night and a matter of fact it is threaded at the end so you can ajust it. So I was just making sure that to decrease boost you loosen it up. Do you think running 8 psi's on a fmu is a good idea I have a 2000 ex with the d16y8 it only has 60k on it. I have a jackson racing fuel pump and zex turbo spark plugs I was wondering if this would be enough also I was thinking of adding mitsu 450's with a resistor box of coarse tell me what you think.

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you cant just drop in 450s without something to control them. and imo, running 8 psi is pushing it with an fmu, what ratio is it?

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sure you could do it temporarily but the fact is that the fuel needs for 8psi will but a lot of stress on the fuel system. I'd keep boost at 6-7 psi until you get better management.