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Old 27 Sep 2007, 09:53 pm
matt87951 matt87951 is offline
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Default Re: Wastegate

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Originally Posted by Mean Green View Post
Your wga is to the left of the turbo underneath the heatshield. You can see the arm of the wga through the heatshield cut out. The only wga I have had on these cars (PT GT & SRT-4) are the Mopar Stage 2 wga and the AGP wga. With the S2 wga you will not have any part throttle boost (PTB) and it is adjustable. With the adjustable AGP wga you will have bad PTB, but it can be controlled with a dual stage boost controller (DSBC).
If by intake you mean intake manifold the plastic intake that started coming on the '05 PT turbos is worth 8 hp. By exhaust if you mean turboback exhaust (TBE) then you are looking at o2 housing, downpipe with or without cat and the rest of the exhaust. You are looking at a 12-15 hp gain, but where a larger exhaust shines is with faster turbo spool up and getting to your power quicker.
Mean Green,

By intake I am referring to a complete intake setup. Most notably something like a mass air intake (MAI). Anyone use one of the real ram-air hoods with the functional intake? I know this isn't a MAI, but has anyone found this to help at all? Any other intakes out there that are worth anything?

By exhaust, I mean a 3" from the turbo back. Any large gain from this (other than the obvious quicker spool) I see that AGP makes a 3" exhaust, is there any other options out there, for a full 3" from the turbo back? Anyone had one custom bent for them?

Thanks,
Matt

P.S. - Picking up the GT on Saturday, can't wait!
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