Tiger
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What makes you say that?
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vibrio
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you can stick your head in the wastegate???
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Marc
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lol
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Tiger
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quote: Originally posted by vibrio
you can stick your head in the wastegate???
It was a turn of phrase - i didnt mean literally.
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vibrio
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well it was a dam ass stupid tirn of phrase
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Tiger
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I was waiting for you to reply before i went to bed...
The phrase simply meaning its a big bad waste gate.
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vibrio
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yes do you know what a wastegate does. did you know that my turbo the IHI RHB5-VL7 was originally fitted to scooby's
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Tiger
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Controls boost by bleeding off pressure when it reaches its set boost level....At least thats what i thought it did...
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Phil Hall
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I thought GRP A was basically a group N car which is allowed some modifications but still is nowhere near works spec.
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Tiger
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Dunno phil - i pulled them tables off an official rally site..
Adam - looks like your gonna have a right fun evening with them babies!!!
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vibrio
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quote: Originally posted by Tiger
Controls boost by bleeding off pressure when it reaches its set boost level....At least thats what i thought it did...
no.
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Tiger
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Ok - i was wrong...
My humble apologies for not being correct.
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vibrio
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tiss ok. wastegate opens to relieve pressure so the turbo don;t blow the car up. bleed valve releases air from the actuator turbo hose so that the actuator does not open the wastegate
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Tiger
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cheers 
[Edited on 20-05-2003 by Tiger]
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