ADJUSTABLE WASTEGATE ???????

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ok how do you adjust these things? shorten the arm=less boost?? or switched please help

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the "tighter" you make it, the more boost you'll have. When you tighten it up, you're pre-compressing the spring. That means that you'll have to make more boost before you have enough pressure to open the wastegate.
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so shorten the arm more boost
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exactly.
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