Turbo wastegates help your car's turbocharger spin at just the right speed. But if they get stuck, a legion of bad consequences will follow.

As far as having an external wastegate that matches the turbo it’s regulating, there are many factors to consider, and requires some research. We’ll save that for a future blog.

There is also a pressure actuator linked to the turbo's boost pressure that controls the wastegate. Here's what happens once you start revving your engine and racing down the track: The turbo will ...

Last issue we covered the basic purpose of a turbo system’s wastegate, as well as taking an in-depth look at the design and manufacturing challenges associated with producing top-quality ...

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Located on the pressurized intake (cold) side of the turbo plumbing, blow-off valves (BOVs), like wastegates, are normally closed and open to bleed off boost pressure.

For example on our Subaru twin-scroll kit there are two wastegates at $350 each, a pair of dump-tubes is $400 for the pair, and the labor to put the wastegate ports on the manifold is about $500.

BorgWarner is continuing its partnership with a major, North American-based OEM by extending contracts on several wastegate turbocharger programs for midsized gasoline engines.

There is also a pressure actuator linked to the turbo's boost pressure that controls the wastegate. Here's what happens once you start revving your engine and racing down the track: The turbo will ...

If a wastegate gets stuck closed or partially blocked, typically it doesn't take long for the problems to become apparent. Without the wastegate to relieve the excess gas, the turbo will produce ...