Shimming Wastegate

Poodles · 08-24-2005, 05:53 AM

I read everywhere about shimming the wastegate, but nobody actually explains it well, and photos would help too. Would be nice to be able to know exactly what you're doing, since it's one of the cheapest ways to add power. I have a good idea of how it's done, but there are a few things that I have heard, but the info is scattered. How much do you shim, and what's the thickness of the shim for 1psi? It would be cool to have it in a table or something to have a way of knowing how to safely do this.

Every good link I find goes to supraforums...of course I can't get into it for some reason to even read :angry: So, I'm left looking elsewhere...

08-24-2005, 05:53 AM	#1
Poodles 12psi boost Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 348	I read everywhere about shimming the wastegate, but nobody actually explains it well, and photos would help too. Would be nice to be able to know exactly what you're doing, since it's one of the cheapest ways to add power. I have a good idea of how it's done, but there are a few things that I have heard, but the info is scattered. How much do you shim, and what's the thickness of the shim for 1psi? It would be cool to have it in a table or something to have a way of knowing how to safely do this. Every good link I find goes to supraforums...of course I can't get into it for some reason to even read :angry: So, I'm left looking elsewhere...