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Re: [FlyRotary] boost
controllers
No and if so it would have to be mounted away from the
gate to keep it cool.
I have made butterfly waist gates before and used air air
cylinder to activate it, I used no spring, instead I pressurized one
side of the cylinder with air as the spring so I could cockpit adjust
it and the other side I ran manifold pressure to activate it.
On this system I also remote mounted the cylinder about a
foot away to keep it cool.
Ken Welter
Greetings,
Has anyone ever seen
an aftermarket boost controller that uses a motor of some sort to
directly drive the wastegate?
I've found a couple of
controllers that will work as absolute pressure devices (HKS EVC
IV atm, and EVC PRO), but they use a stepper motor as a variable air
leak for the normal wastegate actuator. Even this would be
a step forward, but I'd need an actuator with a light spring. Of
course I can't tell how low these controllers will regulate, since
they only brag about the high end. Anyway, something else to
think about.
Speaking of light
springs in the actuator, how light could you go and still have it
work? In other words, if there was nothing hooked up to the
wastegate lever, would it have a tendency to open, or close? I'm
guessing that it would try to open, so you need some spring pressure
to hold it closed, but how much, I haven't a clue. As usual,
more questions than answers...
I'm starting to
imagine a big RC servo being controlled by some sort of electronics
connected to a MAP sensor. Hey Tracy, how about throw that into
my EM-2 :-)
Rusty
The end is near...
uhh, make that in sight :-)
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