Boost Controller Troubles

[XxNinjaxX]

hey guys ive just hooked up my turbo smart boost tee today and its not working at all.... ive got unlimited boost with the screw adjuster on full minimum... -.- any clue on what could cause this?

[D_C]

take a pic of how you hooked it up it will probably help and also have you read http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/In...st-t185848.html

Edited September 5, 2009 by D_C

[Gabbo2047]

turn it around as it only allows air to flow one way. the turbosmart ones have an arrow on them and should be facing the wastegate.

Edited September 5, 2009 by Gabbo2047

[XxNinjaxX]

heres a pic of the setup. should make it easier to see where im going wrong. Edited September 7, 2009 by XxNinjaxX

[Ehgriez]

thats hooked up to the wrong spot.

[XxNinjaxX]

thats hooked up to the wrong spot.

k..so how can i set it up to make it work? im getting tired of having to watch my boost guage like a hawk to make sure im not over boosting.

[Ehgriez]

from what I can see in that picture you have it hooked to the factory solenoid, you need to have it connected to the wastegate actuator on the turbo.

If your located NoR send me a pm and ill have a look for you.

[SKYRYAN]

Intercooler ====> Boost Controller ====> Wastegate

Remove all the tubes you put at the back there and just use 1 tube going from the vacuum nipple to the BOV.

If there is a tube coming from the BOV return pipe, which used to go to the stock boost solenoid... stick a screw in it and block it off.

Edited September 8, 2009 by SKYRYAN

[XxNinjaxX]

hey again guys, what i basically need to know is if its possible to run the controller from the manifold. i dont have any nipples on my cooler piping or cooler itself so the manifold is my only source of vacuume. the stock solenoid isnt fitted to the car. how ive got it there is manifold>boost controller>wastegate actuator with a T-peice going to the bov before the controller.

am i able to leach vacumme from the pipe comming from the charcoal canister? to run the boost controller or is that just a stupid idea lol?

Edited September 8, 2009 by XxNinjaxX

[Harry-Hotpants]

u cannot use manifold pressure as the source for ur boost controller, it must be turbo pressure, eg all intercooler piping between turbo and throttle body, get ur hands on a threaded hosetail fitting, drill and tap a thread into ur piping and use that as ur pressure source

[XxNinjaxX]

u cannot use manifold pressure as the source for ur boost controller, it must be turbo pressure, eg all intercooler piping between turbo and throttle body, get ur hands on a threaded hosetail fitting, drill and tap a thread into ur piping and use that as ur pressure source

Thankyou lol, finally the answer i was looking for XD any places i can get a hose tail fitting from that u know of?

[Levi_]

It's really easy to tap a nipple into aftermarket intercooler piping, just get a small screw nipple from super cheap auto and then buy some metal epoxy. Drill a hole, tap the nipple and the epoxy the f**k out of it.

[Davyboy]

any place shoulde have them man

Try pirtek or couplers, they are normally pretty good

make sure the tap is the right size and thread pitch

the most important thing (and the obvious one) is make sure you REMOVE the pipe before even thinking about getting the drill and tap. if you leave any swarf inside that pipe then your engine WILL NOT like it lol

[JonnoHR31]

u cannot use manifold pressure as the source for ur boost controller, it must be turbo pressure, eg all intercooler piping between turbo and throttle body, get ur hands on a threaded hosetail fitting, drill and tap a thread into ur piping and use that as ur pressure source

why not?

if you havent got any nipples on your cooler piping just plumb it up to the intake manifold, works fine

[XxNinjaxX]

why not?

if you havent got any nipples on your cooler piping just plumb it up to the intake manifold, works fine

thats the point of this thread lol i tried that and its not working, ive seen a few people hook it up off the charcoal canister vaccume line and apparently it works?

[Harry-Hotpants]

i work at rotomotion, if ur after a threaded hosetail fitting we have heaps of them in house, or leave us the car and we will do all that for u and make sure ur boost controller is all functioning properly

Jonno - firstly boost controllers have a bleed off function, if u are hooking in ur boost controller into manifold vac uv just given urself a vacuum leak