Turbosmart’s internal wastegate actuators, for example, feature a wide variety of spring ratings (between 3 and 26 psi) and also feature a collar locking system that allows for fast and reliable ...

There is also a pressure actuator linked to the turbo's boost pressure that controls the wastegate. Here's what happens once you start revving your engine and racing down the track: The turbo will ...

waste·gate ('wAst·'gAt), n. 1. An exhaust bypass valve employed by turbocharged engines used to control boost pressure by means of alternating exhaust gas flow either to or away from the turbine.

This is the point at which your wastegate actuator starts to respond. The wastegate opens up and the exhaust gases have a different path to freedom. You've opened up a bypass valve that sends this ...

The biggest issue, however, concerns the 3.4-liter engine advertised with 3.5 liters. Dubbed V35A-FTS, the force-fed sixer features a turbo wastegate actuator that’s not functioning properly.

BorgWarner turbochargers are integrated with electrically actuated wastegate actuators. Credit: BorgWarner Inc. BorgWarner has announced extended contracts with an undisclosed major North American ...

Turbochargers can fail in a variety of fashions, the simplest being an air leak that will inhibit pressure from building or a defunct waste gate actuator that is part of the control system and can ...

There is also a pressure actuator linked to the turbo's boost pressure that controls the wastegate. Here's what happens once you start revving your engine and racing down the track: The turbo will ...