Problems with r32 bleed valve

[Bro]

Hi all, I installed a turbodumb (sorry smart) bleed valve on my brothers gtst r32. It all seemed to be easy enough, only one hose running off wastegate going to turbo, stuck the bleed valve in and went off to testing. Here's where the problems start Before the bleed valve with full exhaust/pod the car was running around 10psi. At first I had the turbosmart valve turned right down, went for a drive, still was running 10psi...the short story is that no matter how many times I turned the bleed valve to increase boost it was still the same, 10psi.

So I thought I might have it on the wrong way, no checked that, definately the right way. Then I thought maybe a wastegate problem, so I disconnected the hose from the wastegate went for a quick run, and without flooring it completely, sure enough the guage went up to around 13-14psi. So I thought, good not a wastegate problem, must be the controller. To make sure it was 100% the controller, I took it off and stuck it on my car (180sx) I again wound it back to the lowest setting and went for a drive in my car...and lo and behold I only boosted to about 7-8psi (which is what it should do at fully closed)

So now I'm completely out of ideas, the controller is obviously working, the wastegate seems to be working, and I'm pretty sure it's all setup correctly, afterall there is only one hose from the wastegate as far as I can tell, any ideas would be much appreciated as I'm quite confused, thanks.

[WazR32GTSt]

mate, all i can think is that there is something blockign the hose that you are plugging into. try replacing the hose comletely not just 'tapping in'.

good luck!

Waz.

[Bro]

Yeah I might try that and wanted to do that initially, but gave up as it was too damn hard to get to the turbo end of the hose without taking other crap off, but looks like I will have no choice but to try now, thanks.

[druzilla32]

i had a dual stage turbosmart controller that i hooked up myself.

It didnt seem to let me run any less than 1bar of boost.

I swaped it for an old school single stage turbosmart one and it works fine.

The dual stage worked fine on my mates wrx too.

So it could just be that the controller you are using doesnt work on YOUR car??

[Mase]

I also put a turbosmart T piece on my rb20det in my s13. It kept trying to climb all the way to 1bar on whichever setting i put it on. I was then told that you need a restrictor in the line to slow down the pressure hitting the bleed valve so it can handle the sudden boost. We tried another T piece turbosmart one and it did the same thing. I just took the bleed valve off as i didn't want to deal with running high boost without a fmic.

Jayson