AAnybody else catch this? Washington post or the NY times I think.
On Jan 22, 2017 3:51 PM, "Meade Dillon via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Manual Boost Controllers (MBCs). > > I don't want to spend two or three hours adjusting the waste gate rod > again, only to find that the boost is still out of spec, so I'm going to > install a manual boost controller. > > Which one to get? The market has been infested with chinee crap MBCs, > ranging in price from $3.90 to $25. "Made in US of A" start at about $100, > with few choices in between. I'm leaning heavily toward the $100 variety; > a catastrophic failure of the MBC could melt pistons. > > For the un-initiated, a MBC is installed in the boost sense line between > the turbo charger pressure side (intake) and the waste-gate control valve > (WGCV), so that the amount of pressure reaching the WGCV can be modulated. > The MBC design I'm looking at has a simple seat-ball-spring valve, which > blocks the boost pressure from reaching the WGCV until it exceeds the > (adjustable) pressure of the spring holding the ball. Once the pressure > overcomes the spring, full pressure reaches the WGCV and it will open to > bleed off boost. > ------------- > Max > Charleston SC > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >
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