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cutting wastegate spring
Does anyone know how much needs to be cut off of the stock wastegate spring to reduce the pressure needed to activate the gate? I want to have to have about .5-.6 max for a 3.2 conversion.
thanks, Ben
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11-10-2007, 05:01 PM
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I have a .7 bar OE spring here that's 157 mm long. Maybe cutting to 150 mm will give you what you are looking for.
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11-10-2007, 05:26 PM
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Surely they are different thickness too?
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11-10-2007, 05:33 PM
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Cutting the spring will increase your boost.
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Dean, I believe that the wastegate spring is able to be cut to reduce the spring rate. Why do you think it is the other way? Have you done this mod? Thanks in advance for any help.
I remember that others have done this and have found the threads but there is not any mention of how much was cut. Any one have first hank knowledge of this mod?
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Ben,
When you cut a spring, it increases the force to compress it. And you boost will be higher
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11-11-2007, 03:12 AM
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If you cut the spring the preload on the wastegate diaphram will be lower and thus less boost pressure. Any wastegate spring I've ever cut to modify boost pressure has always resulted in lower boost. I would source a lighter pressure spring before cutting the stock one. Plenty of places to get them online(spring companies)
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11-11-2007, 04:45 AM
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Dean, if that is true why are higher value wastegate springs progressively longer?
I have 3 springs for the stock wastegate; all are progressively longer and have the same wire diameter. The coil pitch gets smaller from the .7 bar spring to the 1 bar spring. The spring gets packed into the wastegate pretty good. In the case of the 1 bar spring it's length will be reduced by 60% when installed. I think it can safely be said that the 1 bar spring will supply greater compression than the .7 bar spring.
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11-11-2007, 04:51 AM
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just buy a tial and pop a 4 pound spring into it.
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11-11-2007, 10:31 AM
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Cutting a spring to lower the boost may work in that situ.
The fact remains that if you cut a spring, it increases the tension to compress that shorter spring. Hey Paul, I don't know
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11-11-2007, 03:27 PM
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I wouldn't cut a waste gate spring.
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