Serious S4 wastegate porting…
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Serious S4 wastegate porting…
After putting it off for far too long, I have finally ported my wastegate. I've been hitting fuel cut if I use full throttle in anything other than 1st gear, and don't want to fit a FCD while I still have a completely stock fuel system. Instead I wanted to keep boost down to ~8psi until I can get my hands on a FD fuel pump. Because of current and planned mods, simply porting to the edges of the stock flap was never going to be enough to keep boost down where I want it.
I recently had a chance to get the turbo off for a few days, so it received some serious wastegate mods. I wanted it ported well past the edges of the stock 20mm diameter flap, so a bigger flap was going to be needed. I decided to have a large washer welded to the bottom of the stock flap. I found a 34mm diameter washer at work that would be suitable. The port was also going to end up past the edge of the raised section that the stock flap sits on, plus the bigger flap was going to hit the inside edges of the housing. I fixed both of these problems by giving the housing to a precision engineering company who used a milling machine to enlarge the area the flap sits in and also provide a smooth, flat surface for the flap to seal tightly to. They then used a 28mm cutter to open up the wastegate port. This is about the same size as the ported wastegate on a BNR Stage III turbo, and is more than three times bigger than the stock 15mm port. This machining cost NZ$75 (~US$50) and I had the housing back on the same day. The washer was then TIG-welded to the flap by a workmate. To further improve flow I used an air-powered die grinder to extensively back-cut the port. This gives the port entrance a shape similar to a bellmouth, making it easier for gases to enter the port.
Here's my modded housing compared to a stock one. You can see how much bigger the port is and how much material around the wastegate needed to be removed to clear swing of the bigger flap.
I also have a custom divided downpipe consisting of a 2.5" main pipe and a 1.75" wastegate pipe. The purpose of this is to further reduce wastegate flow restriction and also to reduce turbulence at the turbine exit. Here's a pic of the downpipe complete with a brand new oxygen sensor I fitted while the downpipe was off. It looks a bit rough on the outside, but it's much smoother on the inside where it counts. It has an internal divider to keep the turbine and wastegate flows completely separate until the pipes merge. Another advantage of this design is that it allows the wastegate flap to open further, although I doubt this does much.
Boost is now a solid 5psi at WOT in 4th gear. It actually now feels a bit faster at full-throttle than it did when feathering the throttle at 8psi to avoid fuel cut, so I'm pretty pleased. I have a 3" stainless steel mandrel bend in the garage waiting to be turned into a TID, which should see boost rise another 1-2psi. The wastegate porting is so effective I might remake the downpipe with a 3" main pipe to match up to my existing 3" cat-back, since the 2.5" pipe was only used to limit creep.
I recently had a chance to get the turbo off for a few days, so it received some serious wastegate mods. I wanted it ported well past the edges of the stock 20mm diameter flap, so a bigger flap was going to be needed. I decided to have a large washer welded to the bottom of the stock flap. I found a 34mm diameter washer at work that would be suitable. The port was also going to end up past the edge of the raised section that the stock flap sits on, plus the bigger flap was going to hit the inside edges of the housing. I fixed both of these problems by giving the housing to a precision engineering company who used a milling machine to enlarge the area the flap sits in and also provide a smooth, flat surface for the flap to seal tightly to. They then used a 28mm cutter to open up the wastegate port. This is about the same size as the ported wastegate on a BNR Stage III turbo, and is more than three times bigger than the stock 15mm port. This machining cost NZ$75 (~US$50) and I had the housing back on the same day. The washer was then TIG-welded to the flap by a workmate. To further improve flow I used an air-powered die grinder to extensively back-cut the port. This gives the port entrance a shape similar to a bellmouth, making it easier for gases to enter the port.
Here's my modded housing compared to a stock one. You can see how much bigger the port is and how much material around the wastegate needed to be removed to clear swing of the bigger flap.
I also have a custom divided downpipe consisting of a 2.5" main pipe and a 1.75" wastegate pipe. The purpose of this is to further reduce wastegate flow restriction and also to reduce turbulence at the turbine exit. Here's a pic of the downpipe complete with a brand new oxygen sensor I fitted while the downpipe was off. It looks a bit rough on the outside, but it's much smoother on the inside where it counts. It has an internal divider to keep the turbine and wastegate flows completely separate until the pipes merge. Another advantage of this design is that it allows the wastegate flap to open further, although I doubt this does much.
Boost is now a solid 5psi at WOT in 4th gear. It actually now feels a bit faster at full-throttle than it did when feathering the throttle at 8psi to avoid fuel cut, so I'm pretty pleased. I have a 3" stainless steel mandrel bend in the garage waiting to be turned into a TID, which should see boost rise another 1-2psi. The wastegate porting is so effective I might remake the downpipe with a 3" main pipe to match up to my existing 3" cat-back, since the 2.5" pipe was only used to limit creep.
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Originally Posted by SonicRaT
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There, that should about gaurantee it shows up in 99.99999% of searches on this forum.
There, that should about gaurantee it shows up in 99.99999% of searches on this forum.
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Now it will.
Nice work Jason looks pretty good in size.
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Originally Posted by BLUE TII
I'm sure you will love how it pulls better on the top end once you do that TID mod as well.
I hope you can do many flow mods now w/ out having to worry about the creep.
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Looks very nice. The washer looks to be a better idea than ealier attempts using a valve. With a wastegate that large, do you think a TID would actually increase boost?
Regarding your DP, do you think you get an appreciable improvement?
Regarding your DP, do you think you get an appreciable improvement?
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Originally Posted by Snrub
With a wastegate that large, do you think a TID would actually increase boost?
Regarding your DP, do you think you get an appreciable improvement?
Damn Ryan, that's a huge port. I'm jealous...
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