N80Jamie

Has 4,386 posts and drives a 'REP' EDIT: Dan ruined my turn

I wasn't totally sure how the actuator worked so i didn't even think i could pull on it without breaking it! Glad i know now though haha

Ye tbh dude i'd just try and live with the scratches on the bumper and then get it into a bodyshop as soon as you have the money. You won't get a good finish with a touch up pen unfortunately :| Really nice car though dude, got to love black 98 specs!

I'm going to get it set up to 1bar at some point. Don't think i want to run over that on stock internals, just for peace of mind

Yee! Really anoying that i've found this out so late! haha Noo im rocking the 'crude' fpr and fcd set up so no fuel cut problems

I've done it now so ssshhh! haha Im always scared of breaking things!

I always pussy out after about 120 lol

Well i man'd up last night and tugged away at the actuator and WOW! Im back at 0.8 bar baby When i first adjusted it and took it out it went up to 0.95 and it didnt half bloody shift haha! Had to take it back down again though becasue i dont want to be running lean lol. It's safe to say this problem is sorted now! Thanks Sparky and to the others that contributed!

First time I've seen this and wow

So when you adjusted yours did you just wind it in then pull it onto the wastegate flap?

No if you look at the pic above, that is the actuator set at 0.8bar (as it was before i rotated the turbo). Because there was that gap, i had to wind the actuator down which meant i could only run 0.4bar. But from what was said above, apparently i can tug on the actuator arm and stretch it onto the wastegate?

The only reason i had to rotate the turbo was because my intercooler pipe wouldn't clear my ram horn manifold. So it was only rotated about 6mm downwards. When this was done the actuator arm no longer reached the wastegate which meant i had to wind down the arm to around 0.4bar. I have a boost gauge yes and its a Toy Tuning actuator i think

Quick bump for an answer, i'm itching to get the boost back up to 0.8!

Also looking forward to seeing the detailing results!

Jesus! I'm going out to the car in a sec dont worry haha My only concern is that, obviously before the turbo was rotated, the arm reached the wastegate at 0.8bar without having to pull on it or anything. I'm not going to affect anything by me having to pull it out now am i?

Are you kidding me?! So all of this time i could of just pulled the arm lol. I've been running at about 0.4bar for a while now and im fed up of it being so slow! haha I was under the impression i had to get a new bracket made up! Chers for the help

Ok so when i rotated my turbo slightly my actuator couldnt reach the wastegate when it was set at 0.8bar. It was about 1cm-2cm away. Are you saying that i can pull the arm to the wasteagate without damaging the actuator in anyway? Here is a picture i put on a thread a while back to show the distance i have (when set at 0.8bar):

Ye that makes sense dude. So when you lengthen it or shorten it do you just have to pull/push the arm up to the wastegate flap?

I don't understand how an adjustable actuator can be adjusted?! I know you obvisouly twist the arm to get your desired boost level but 1. the actuator is fixed onto the turbo and 2. the wastegate flap is fixed to the turbo. Surely if you spin the arm on the actuator and make it longer/shorter then it wouldn't fit? It's just really bugging me as i know a lot of people adjust there's all the time lol.

If the engine goes just get a new one put in or go forged. As long as you provide sufficient evidence/service history for any new owners there shouldn't be a problem. At the end of the day, if the shell has been looked after and its free of rust you can keep doing this for ever lol. Obviously many other components may fail along the way but nothing that can't be replaced

Mines on 140,000 KM and still feels spot on ;)

Welcome along matey and good luck finding a decent Glanza/GT ;) EDIT: That sounded sarcastic when i read it back to myself lol. It isn't supposed to be!

From what i've read. If they're serviced when they should be, all the time, then they should go on for a very very long time lol.

Thank you my lord

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