Wastegate mod.....

[Simon Quested]

Hi Adrian and All the rest of the Petrolheads ;-)

>      Sounds good. I am curious how much before full boost you would need to 
>      open the solenoid. 

A good question ;-) I'll be giving trial and error a go !

>      Personally, I am building a boost controller that 
>      implements a PID algorithm to allow the control parameters to be 
>      optimised for a particular turbo response. 

Could someone please enlighten me...... why would you want the waste gate to 
crack before the boost set point ( just for the moment we are living in a perfect world 
where the waste gate stabilises the boost instantly ) wouldn't it be ideal ( quickest 
spool up time ) if the tubo got all the exhaust gas untill it didn't need more? 
Is the PID used as some form of traction control ie: it's programed so that the power 
going down doesn't make the wheels loose traction?   

>      The idea is similar to 
>      yours, but instead of using comparators (opamps) it uses a 
>      microcontroller to calculate the optimum duty cycle ..... 

Sounds cool ......I've been looking at doing a couse at the polytech on micros as it 
looks like most of the stuff I want to build would be easyer to do using micros. 

>      Please let me know how this system you have planned goes if 
>      you decide to do it.....

I'll keep you posted....

Cheers

Simon
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