boost controler, what do they do ? Options

[popstar]

as the title says !

what does a boost controler do, will it increase your boost ?
why do people with boost controlers clam to have more power ?

or am i just being total stupid and not understanding something, cause all the blub i read where there selling them never explains exsactly what they do or why you need them, they seem to think if you need one you know what it does...

please shed some light on this for me...

thanks

Popstar in dumb blonde mode

[mark_426]

"a boost controler goes between your wastegate actuator and turbo, and basicly bleeds off boost to the actuator, makeing it see less boost then what your actually making, which in turn makes the wastegate stay closed longer"



I would rather say it is a regulator that doesnt feed anything to the actuator until at the desired boost... then when the pressure you limit the boost to is reached, the controller opens and actuates the wastegate, and then the wastegate bypasses the turbo, and holds it at your set pressure.. to be technical.

But hes still right.

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