Oh no it's trashed, but it's just the trunk. But it would cost more to fix than the car is worth and all of my aftermarket parts and motor are still in perfect condition so I'm picking up an EG hatchy this week.

 

Oh yea I have the Golden Eagle vacuum manifold for that. I just didn't know if I some how had to run a line from the manifold and from the boosted air from the compressor nipple. I saw some diagram before where it showed the exhaust and boost working together to open the gate. I believe it was for an internal gate though.

 

oh...quality.

 

Exhaust and boost working together to open the gate? The only input your wastegate should recieve is from a reliable vacuum source. The side port should be a dedicated line from the manifold whereas the top port is used for a vacuum line with a splice from either a manual boost controller valve or electronic solenoid.

 

In order for the wastegate to work you must have the compressor reference port hooked up to the compressor side of the turbo, if you don't have this vacuum line attached than the boost pressure will not be limited to the set spring pressure; it will build unlimited boost pressure until your engine is destroyed.

I guess I'm just a little confused.

So the nipple on the compressor side creates a vacuum? And basically the same vacuum you can get from the manifold?

 

I hooked mine directly from that port on the compressor to the wastegate. I seem to remember something about it being a little better against compressor surge or something.

 

vacuum is neg. pressure, boost is pos. pressure. So it's ideal for your wastegate to know the correct manifold pressure. What I needed to clarify from last night's post is that if you're running a mechanical bleeder valve (non-electronic boost controller) then run it to a single port, I would prefer the side port. Reason why to run the electronic type to two ports is when you turn off your boost controller, you'll still have the wastegate to pop open at the preset spring psi rating.