Turbo Smart ProGate 45

[BBQ]

Turbosmart Pro gate 45

Got a quick question about the pro-gate 45, does any one know when hooking up an EBC if the controller can go into any one of the vacuum lines on the pro gate or is it specific to how its connected, eg top is EBC and bottom is boost pressure gauge ? vise versa.

[GTS-t VSPEC]

The top fitting is for the EBC (setup for external wastegate), and the bottom fitting is for a MAP reading, from the manifold.

[BBQ]

Checked the setup and all seems to be connected rite, but we are still having boost problems, Has any one setup a TurboSmart pro gate 45 with an APEXi AVCR ? If so what duty cycle do you run as the manual say to use 70% duty with external gate ?

We tested it with .5 Bar and 70% duty and it holds 9 pound untill 6k and then between 6 & 7 k it goes to 14psi ?? Any ideas?

[MonstaS4]

I know nothing about the Apexi, but a boost control solenoid will have a base frequency which it is designed to run at. i.e. Haltech valve runs at 33Hz. The boost control device (Apexi AVCR) will then vary the duty cycle from 0 to 100% to maintain whatever the preset boost value is.

Sounds like the base frequency is not correct??

[BBQ]

Yes, I was hoping some one had setup an ARCR with an external wategate to work out what duty and boost setting work well with them.

Has any one had this type of configuration?

[Sydneykid]

Turbosmart Pro gate 45

Got a quick question about the pro-gate 45, does any one know when hooking up an EBC if the controller can go into any one of the vacuum lines on the pro gate or is it specific to how its connected, eg top is EBC and bottom is boost pressure gauge ? vise versa.

As usual BBQ, my first suggestion would be to disconnect the boost controller and let the wastegate spring control the boost. If the boost still climbs then its a hardware problem and playing with the software is a waste of time.

[BBQ]

As usual BBQ, my first suggestion would be to disconnect the boost controller and let the wastegate spring control the boost.  If the boost still climbs then its a hardware problem and playing with the software is a waste of time.

Yes, that was the first thing we tried. What we have noticed though, according to the APEXi AVCR manual it states, when using external waste gate 70% duty. We tried that and the boost was going crazy like 2Bar, but when we turned it down to 20% it seems to be holding 7 - 8 PSI.