nocooler's firechicken thread

[nocooler]

Took the car on a 10 mile cruise today and it's still dry underneath - still don't trust this thing!

[nocooler]

Playing with Holley boost control - looks neat but this wastegate is trash.
Leaks from the dome chamber into the bottom chamber. It’s so bad even 100% duty cycle doesn’t do anything.
I stuck the 3rd spring in it - that’s the only way it’ll get more boost at this point

[Steve Wood]

What brand is it?

[nocooler]

It's a VS racing gen 1 44mm gate - I guess they got it fixed on the newer ones

[motorhead]

That's wild that you're getting such crap results with the China gate. For the money it may be worth replacing it.

I had the Monte out at the track last weekend and my c.2018 eBay "TiAL" 60mm is controlling 16psi on an 11 pound spring fine using an Innovate SCG-1 boost controller. I have other tuning issues to address the laziness... but upper rpm boost control is on point.

[nocooler]

I’m waiting for Black Friday - I’ll pick up a piston style gate vs the diaphragm style

[motorhead]

Good stuff! Just a thought: https://blacksheepindustries.ca/collections/wastegates

[nocooler]

The black sheep gates are nice.
I’ve heard the vs racing piston style is nice as well and is more in my budget