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chuck21401
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| bureau13 wrote: | Chuck, you and I were following a very similar path, until you lucked into that Trust controller. You don't see those too often! Got to put that beast inside  |
The Trust controller looks pretty cool. I figured that it wouldn't be available for long. I might have to mount it like this:
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Cedric
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Since im an engineer i wanted to buy something that is acutally engineered and have a specification sheet  So i bought a precision pneumatic 3 bar pressure regulator. It works flawless and gives rock solid boost. Didnt cost more than the blue blingy things. I have a small version aswell, but this looks cooler and more old school, so its the one I have in the car. At the moment its in the battery tray, but Im thinking about mounting it in the glovebox instead
One day i will swap out the knob to something similar to the old school ones being discussed here.
Riegler 3 bar high precision regulator
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Mike9311
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| Posted: Fri May 29, 2020 1:36 am Post subject: |
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Cedric, what is the thread size on your regulator?
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Cedric
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| Posted: Fri May 29, 2020 3:13 am Post subject: |
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G1/2, so i had to search around a bit to find a reducer to a small vac line
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Mike9311
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| Posted: Fri May 29, 2020 3:28 am Post subject: |
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| Cédric wrote: | | G1/2, so i had to search around a bit to find a reducer to a small vac line |
Sorry, not the for the fittings but for the knob?
Edit: and yes, G1/2 is huge. Over here in the US we get a lot of people trying to cross thread 1/8NPT into G1/4 (BSPP)
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Cedric
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| Posted: Fri May 29, 2020 4:06 am Post subject: |
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Haha, I havent removed the knob yet, so i haven't actually assessed what i need to get a different knob on there
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chuck21401
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| Posted: Sun May 31, 2020 2:05 am Post subject: |
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| Cédric wrote: | | At the moment its in the battery tray, |
By any chance do you have any pics of how you have that mounted and how you ran the lines?
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Cedric
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Haha, i won't show that mess its routed through a heat protective sleeve and then through the drain hole into the tray, and it's just sitting there, not fastened at all, since everything is temporary
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Carrera RSR
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| chuck21401 wrote: | | bureau13 wrote: | | Chuck, you and I were following a very similar path, until you lucked into that Trust controller. You don't see those too often! Got to put that beast inside |
The Trust controller looks pretty cool. I figured that it wouldn't be available for long. I might have to mount it like this:
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Need the same racey interior too
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chuck21401
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chuck21401
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| Cédric wrote: | | Haha, i won't show that mess its routed through a heat protective sleeve and then through the drain hole into the tray, and it's just sitting there, not fastened at all, since everything is temporary |
Trying to figure out if the boost controller would fit in there next to my battery. It would be tight.
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Mike9311
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| chuck21401 wrote: | | Cédric wrote: | | Haha, i won't show that mess its routed through a heat protective sleeve and then through the drain hole into the tray, and it's just sitting there, not fastened at all, since everything is temporary |
Trying to figure out if the boost controller would fit in there next to my battery. It would be tight. |
You know my memory is being tweaked... I seem to remember back in the 90's, somebody running a manual boost controller somewhere around the ignition coil. I wish I could remember if it was a single setup or aftermarket
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I was standing in front of that car 2yrs or so ago when it was in the Porsche Experience Centre UK prior to auction. Spent a good hour sucking it up. Would have spent longer if I didn't have to get on the test track that day. Shame we weren't allowed to sit in it or start it
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poor-sche
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| chuck21401 wrote: | This is my temporary set up and recognize that it isn't ideal.
It does take some fiddling to get the boost level right. I found that even a 1/4 turn can make a huge difference.
I've found that the boost level is mostly consistent...but after a long run the boost level creeps up. I'm wondering if it has to do with heat....and if that is the case...would need to find a cooler spot under hood.
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I installed a turbonetics MBC over the weekend similarly to what you show in your picture but it doesn't seem to work. No matter the adjustment, 7 psi is the max boost I see on the in cabin gauge.
The strange thing is that previously it was set to 10 psi with a small spring loaded valve that worked fine. Since I couldn't get the turbonetics MBC to work, I reinstalled the previous setup, but now adjustments don't work on that one neither.
Any thoughts?
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chuck21401
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| Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2020 3:17 am Post subject: |
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I installed a turbonetics MBC over the weekend similarly to what you show in your picture but it doesn't seem to work. No matter the adjustment, 7 psi is the max boost I see on the in cabin gauge.
The strange thing is that previously it was set to 10 psi with a small spring loaded valve that worked fine. Since I couldn't get the turbonetics MBC to work, I reinstalled the previous setup, but now adjustments don't work on that one neither.
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If the WG is opening at 7psi that tells me that the line is not being restricted and that you don't have leaks in the control line...enough air is pushing the spring up to open the WG.
When I first connected the turbonetics MBC it didn't seem to work. I cranked it all the way UP (+) according to the +/- on the dial....and still had stock boost. It took me a while to figure out that turning the knob down actually increases the boost...turning it down restricts the flow. I turned the knob all the way down (-) and the boost went to the moon...I let off the gas as I saw the boost gauge heading to 12psi in a hurry. From there I was able to adjust it to 9/10psi. As I mentioned above...a 1/4 turn makes a big difference....so it might take several runs to dial it in.
Can you remove the MBC and test it to make sure that air is being restricted? If you turn it all the way down...no air should pass through it. Of course make sure the air is flowing the right direction. If you connect it backwards it might not work correctly.
| Quote: | | The strange thing is that previously it was set to 10 psi with a small spring loaded valve that worked fine. Since I couldn't get the turbonetics MBC to work, I reinstalled the previous setup, but now adjustments don't work on that one neither. |
That doesn't make sense. Not sure what is going on there.
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