Hi there, I was wondering if anyone runs a wastegate on their turbo cross over pipe. I'm looking for a place to weld in my wastegate and so far, the cross over pipe would be the easiest, but I'm not sure how effective it would be considering it's not catching/routing the exhaust gas from the other side of the engine. I found this kit on the forum, and I was planning on fabbing the wastegate the same way. So my question is does this method work? How Well? Any input would be greatly appreciated

 

Yes, It works just fine. Myself and Trick have built hundreds, if not thousands of these type setups. Only ever been very few issues with boost control and I attribute most of those to other factors.

 

Works fine for your typical 70-80mm turbo setup on a typical 5.3-6L engine. With a bigger turbo or bigger engine you may want a second gate somewhere.

 

Works for the smaller turbos and motors as stated get into big boy territory and gate placement needs addressed

 

WOW that's an old picture. That's from
I would say 1000's.
That location has been been used for 10years or better.
Works good on all applications as long as the gate is matched to engine/boost/power range.
Exp. 39mm gate on a 427 trying to run 5psi not happening.

Like mentioned I only know of a couple that boost control issues.
Swap to a larger gate problem solved.

 

I run a 50mm gate in that spot and run from 10psi to 25psi with a 6.0. It does spike some on the shift but is tolerable

 

I've got a 6.0 lq4. I'm running a cheap ebay turbo

http://m.ebay.com/itm/190592393465?txnId=1134354469009

 

What if it is like this?

 

im running the same setup. as the gods have said. it works fine