instant extra boost on 406 exec turbo

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Re: instant extra boost on 406 exec turbo

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swiss wrote:How I'm gonna fit a double mattress in a four-oh bloody six I don't know...
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Re: instant extra boost on 406 exec turbo

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hi,ive just put a forge bleed valve on my 406 turbo as the standerd control valve stoped working, i have it backed of to the min setting but its letting it boost to over 1.1bar/15psi so as you can imagine im not letting it boost untill i sort this out, have you got any tips to help me ?

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Re: instant extra boost on 406 exec turbo

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just found out that 7psi is a safe bet with this engine or it will go bang, where did you put the bleed valve as i put my valve where the standerd one was and i can only get 0.4bar of boost even with the valve fully open,and the dump valve opens but no whooooshhh from it ????????????
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