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Shimming waste gate ??????

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Old Sep 24, 2004 | 05:30 PM
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Default Shimming waste gate ??????

read about people doin it is it safe or just some other way to break your car
Old Sep 24, 2004 | 06:43 PM
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what the ---- are you talking about?
Old Sep 24, 2004 | 06:44 PM
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yea i was wondering myself too
Old Sep 24, 2004 | 06:47 PM
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Default Re:Shimming waste gate ??????

are you talking about internal or external? I'm thining he means adding shims to increase spring pressure.
Old Sep 25, 2004 | 02:43 AM
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yah that's what i was thinking... external wastegates come with those shims to increase the spring's tension thus increasing boost... it's safe... ur wastegate should come with about 5 of them atleast... jus buy a stronger spring
Old Sep 25, 2004 | 10:06 AM
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Default Re:Shimming waste gate ??????

you put washers behind the wastegate acuator and it makes it open later so you get a little more bottom end boost internal waste gate

Old Sep 25, 2004 | 10:25 AM
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could you explain that? it sounds a little interesting. can you post a drawing or explain it in detail?
Old Sep 25, 2004 | 10:33 AM
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ill post a drawing if som 1 can tell m e how
Old Sep 25, 2004 | 11:01 AM
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can you post the link to the drawing? just copy and paste it on here. or choose the little picture frame looking sqaure up there above the yellow face with the teeth showing. and copy and paste the link like this:
Old Sep 28, 2004 | 12:59 PM
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Default Re:Shimming waste gate ??????

He's talking about shimming the actuator head. The bracket where it bolts to the housing, it's been suggested that adding some washers would help extend the arm a little and change the boost level.

Mine is so rigged to hell, it probably uses the same technology
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