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• What manual boost controller? by con on 14 Jun, 2006 12:48
• I searched on ebay for a boost controller for a diesel, these are the results :
  
  http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.co.uk%2Fws%2F&fkr=1&from=R8&satitle=boost+controller+diesel&category0=
  
  Which one is most suited for my MK2 1.6 GTD?
  
  I was also planning on buying a boost gauge, would this one work alright?
  
  .http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TIM-Boost-Gauge-2-Bar-52mm-Dia-Black-Face-Pod_W0QQitemZ8072515237QQcategoryZ72205QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
  
  
  Any help much appreciated, Thanks
• #1 by RabbitJockey on 14 Jun, 2006 13:15
• diesel and gas boost controllers are the same, get the cheapest one you can get that will support the boost you wanna run.
• #2 by BellCityDubber on 14 Jun, 2006 16:25
• E-bay is okay for alot of these things.... I got my voodoo MBC off e-bay... it seems to work flawlessly....
• #3 by con on 14 Jun, 2006 19:03
• Ok sweet, I take it all the boost gauges work for both petrol and diesel?
• #4 by QuickTD on 14 Jun, 2006 19:13
• You want a boost guage that reads manifold pressure only, 0-35psi or 0-2.5 bar would be a suitable range. Boost guages for petrol usually read vacuum as well as boost. A diesel is unthrottled so it doesn't develop manifold vacuum, so there is no need for a vacuum scale on a diesel boost guage.
• #5 by 745 turbogreasel on 15 Jun, 2006 00:11
• I got both kinds of guage in my car, and have yet to see vacuum...
  
  I beleive my controller was $14 at McMaster Carr, but I had to do some threading and stuff.
• #6 by Benjamin on 15 Jun, 2006 03:58
• so every bosstcontroller / bleedvalve, ... give you less lag?
  
  Greetz, Benjamin
• #7 by con on 21 Jun, 2006 05:47
• My MBC arrived today. Does anyone have any links to pictures of a standard 1.6 TD turbocharger as I would like to study it more closely.
• #8 by LeeG on 21 Jun, 2006 22:49
• http://www.putfile.com/dieseldude  
  
  the kkk24 picture probably what you have  You want to cut that line you see for the boost controller.  other picture is a K14.
• #9 by con on 22 Jun, 2006 02:56
• Thanks those are excellent pics. So that line you referred to, That would be what they mean when they say to hook up to the boost source?
• #10 by LeeG on 22 Jun, 2006 09:10
• yes, boost comes from the compressor side of turbo, through that line to the wastegate, which is the part with the fins on it in lower left of the side view picture.
• #11 by con on 23 Jun, 2006 06:07
• ok excellent. What is that live made of, do I splice the tube from the MBC onto it? And is the wastegate actuator visible in any of those pics?
• #12 by LeeG on 23 Jun, 2006 10:12
• there is no actuator visible, just the wastegate can (with fins at bottom) which contains the diaphram.  valve extends from diaphram into hot side of turbo, opens a passge to dump exhaust pressure out of the turbine area.
  
  fspgtd has a thread with pictures of a kkk24 being dissasembled
  
  edit  http://www.vwdiesel.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=1841 /edit
  
  line is steel, you probably need to take section out of the middle of it and attach the hoses from your controller to them, but check with the supplier for details of how the controller works