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I've adjusted my actuator down to .5 of a bar and i cannot work out how to adjust it so it runs more boost, on the controller there are a few things you can adjust, scramble,multi scramble, gain, duty and over boost. i presumed the over boost wud be the way to adjust it so i set it to .8 of a bar and it still doesnt reach anything past .5. can anyone help?

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I've adjusted my actuator down to .5 of a bar and i cannot work out how to adjust it so it runs more boost, on the controller there are a few things you can adjust, scramble,multi scramble, gain, duty and over boost. i presumed the over boost wud be the way to adjust it so i set it to .8 of a bar and it still doesnt reach anything past .5. can anyone help?

your actuator is set at .5 bar........ therfore you are boosting at .5bar.... ^_^ ure wastegate opens at .5 bar that youve set it to, so if you want anything higher than that, its got to open later... if ure aiming to .8 then set it to that, or maybe 1 bar. this way ure boost controller will activate it when it needs it.

i think :)

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wrong

you set the actuator at the lowest point that you will want the low setting on the boost controller, if you wer to set he actuator for boost, there is no real reason for the boost controller, but the controller being the gizzmo i havent used it yet, im sure other on ere or tgtt will have used it, so cant help you on that point.

have a read of this mate

http://www.gizzmoelectronics.com/pdf/IBC%20Instruction.pdf

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wicked mate, i think thats the one down from mine, I've got the 200 quid one, there pretty much exactly the same apart from mines got 6 memories instead of 4 and its got a multi scramble feature which i dont use lol. heres a easier guide for when you do need to set it up.

Setting a Gizzmo IBC - The (VERY) Simple Guide

1) Fit Unit as per instructions

2) Start car and allow engine to warm up thoroughly whilst doing the next few steps

3) Press the top button on the IBC until the no. "1" is shown on the display. It will flash 3 things: "1(The boost level)", "Target Boost(whatever that is)", "0.00(Real time boost level)".

4) Press and hold the top button until a number (The "duty cycle") comes up on the screen. Set this to 10 (the minimum).

5) Leave the controller for 4-5 seconds and it will return to the "real time" boost level

6) Press and hold the bottom button until a number (The "gain") comes up on the screen. Set this to "0" for the moment. Leave for 4-5 seconds until it returns to the "real time" boost level

7) Drive the car on full throttle in 3rd or 4th gear

8) Pull over to the side of the road in a safe place, then either turn off the ignition then turn it back on again, OR, Press the top button once, then the bottom button once (this will put the controller into boost level 2, then back to 1 again). Either way you do this you will be informed what the highest stable boost pressure achieved was by way of the pressure flashing at you on the screen. This is the new "Target" boost. Let us say that this was 12.5psi and you would like to achieve 16psi.

9) Press and hold the top button again until the "Duty" comes up again. Increase this by 10. Then leave the controller for 4-5 seconds until it returns to the real time boost screen.

10) Repeat steps 7/8/9 until the boost level you require is achieved. If you get duty cycle over 50 and the boost level is not increasing, then you have either not plugged in the solenoid or you have not plumbed it in correctly! As it gets closer to the level you would like, only increase by small steps of, say, 5 at a time.

11) When you are happy with the pressure, press and hold the bottom button and enter the "Gain" setting menu. Gain is How hard/fast the boost is brought in. It should NEVER be higher than duty cycle. In fact we have found the best setting is below 10. If gain is too high the boost will either overshoot, or the maximum stable (Target) boost will increase every time you drive it!

12) Repeat steps 3-11 on boost levels 2, 3 and 4 to achieve the boost levels you require.

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