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I currently have a turbo tech boost controller on my skyline and have purchased a powerup dsbc in the hope to run diff above standard boosts. The instructions say that one connection goes to the pressure side of the turbo and the other connection goes to the waste gate Actuator. I am pretty sure its the same connections as the existing turbotech. However having a look at the unit it doesn't seem to have a spring and ball setup like the turbo tech and im pretty sure that the unit is a bled valve system. ( i dont really know much about them. ) I tried this by blowing into the fittings and i could hear more/less air escaping depending on how much i turned the controllers. Are these any good and also are these legal? I cant help the feeling i wasted $99 Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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put the turbotech back on.

the powerup one cannot hold boost properly and loses response compared to the turbotech item.

Invest in the new turbotech dual stage controller. (im yet to use the new dual stage but if its based on the old design there will be no issues) i dont see the need for multiple boost levels.... my right foot is usually the best controller.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Turbotech-Electroni...=item335cb7f931

yes they are just a bleed valve setup like pretty much all dual stage boost controllers, even the new turbotech dual stage one, which isn't really a dual stage boost controller, it is just a boost controller that allows you to run the stock boost and then a higher boost. if you want your low boost setting to be higher than stock then you need a normal boost controller as well. even the stock solenoid in the r33 and r34 skylines works by bleeding air off to give you about 2 psi higher. all electronic boost controller are bleed valves as well. to a small extent the standard turbotech boost controllers have a bleed valve aspect to them as well, because once the boost pressure pushes that ball and allows air to get past it and go to the wastegate, there will be some air bleeding out of the small hole drilled in the side of it.

and yes, your dual stage should just get hooked up like the normal boost controller in the line from intercooler to wastegate.

put the turbotech back on.

the powerup one cannot hold boost properly and loses response compared to the turbotech item.

Invest in the new turbotech dual stage controller. (im yet to use the new dual stage but if its based on the old design there will be no issues) i dont see the need for multiple boost levels.... my right foot is usually the best controller.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Turbotech-Electroni...=item335cb7f931

bah... blow all this money on a Blitz Spec-R DSBC and i didn't get a missile switch for high boost.... jibbed! :P

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