If you own a turbocharged vehicle, chances are you stumbled across this guide to learn about raising boost. By increasing boost, you are increasing the amount of positive pressure that is entering your engine at any given time.
By eliminating your stock or factory boost control and installing a manual boost controller, you can raise your vehicle boost. Never attempt to increase boost without a boost gauge or pressure gauge to measure. Installing and adjusting a manual boost controller basically blind to the real time boost levels in your engine is not a good thing.
There are typical two different styles of manual boost controller. The most popular one is the ball and spring style, which I just described and the bleeder style of boost controller. Bleeder style boost controllers slowly meter out pressure to the desired pressure. Who wants to increase turbo lag without increasing horsepower? In this application, one can safely say that bleeder style boost controllers are a boost leak. Meaning a failure or breakdown of the system, which again makes them unpopular for modification.
Contrary to popular belief, there is no single one style of manual boost controller however. There are many people that believe their ball and spring MBC uses a vent system via the holes in the side of the housing.
These are designed as blowback holes, and only when the boost pressure is achieved will it leak. This does not change the fundamental operation of the ball and spring manual boost controller. Need to find some of the best manual boost controller on the market? Want to find the manual boost controller basics and components? Check out our store or one of our favorite bang for your buck boost controllers.
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Allow the engine to cool down before installing your boost controller. Locate the pressure source port and the wastegate actuator port on the turbocharger assembly. Remove the factory boost control solenoid if fitted from the boost pressure supply port while leaving the solenoid connected to the ECU.
Install your boost controller in the wastegate pressure line with the wastegate arrow pointing towards the wastegate actuator. If your wastegate actuator has additional ports, these will need to be blocked. Secure all silicone hose ends with hose clamps. Mount your boost controller bracket onto the vehicle, then attach the boost controller onto the bracket with the supplied screws. Make sure the boost dial is turned completely anti-clockwise before making adjustments. External Wastegate Setup.
Locate the bottom port on the external wastegate and the pressure source port. Install the Boost Tee in the wastegate pressure line with the wastegate arrow pointing towards the bottom port on the wastegate. Parallel Twin-turbo Setup. Locate the wastegate actuator ports on both turbochargers and a pressure source port. Remove the factory boost control solenoid if fitted from the boost pressure supply line. Install your boost controller in the wastegate pressure line with the wastegate arrow pointing towards the wastegate actuators.
Be sure to keep the hoses joining the wastegate actuators at equal lengths. Have more Questions about Turbosmart Products? Download our Latest Catalogue Here. Contact Us.
Turbosmart products are all manufactured in-house in our Sydney, Australia Head Office. Nic Cooper. Turbosmart electronic boost controllers allow you to control three individual characteristics of your boost, by adjusting three easy to set parameters: The maximum boost pressure set point , The spool-up rate of the turbocharger wastegate pressure , and the reaction time of the controller sensitivity. Look no further!
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