a few noob questions about wastegates/turbos

[MOB240]

i know nothing about wastegates, and a little about turbos. my ? is, what kind of wastegate should i get for an rb25det? what does the wastegate do? and turbo wise: i decided i want to go with a gt30 turbo, i have been told this turbo spools up really quick. but whats the deal w/ the trim and all of that ****? its confusing to me! any help would be nice! thanks

[Carl H]

wow you shouldnt be upgrading if you dont know how stuff works.maximum boost by corky bell, i sudgets you plunk down 30$ and read it cover to cover.

[MOB240]

true true...i'll worry about gettin that rb25 first!

[Logan76]

Do you want to run an internal or external wastegate?

[Sil240]

Bro http://www.HowStuffWorks.com

Check it out:Turbos

[MOB240]

thats the thing man! i dont even know lol i'm gonna get that max boost book by corky bell and read that ****, maybe that will give me the 101

[themadscientist]

It's a good book, very informative. A bit dated but not a bad starter.

[Chaos the Xile]

Try Wikapedia too man, go there and search Wastegates they have picute diagrams of them and have multiple explaination as to what they do, primary functions yatta, yatta. Good luck on the swap, hope you have a deal of help!

[Carl H]

or an old thread on 240sxforums...http://240sxforums.com/forums/...72974