Diggs24
Autocross Champion
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- de plains! de plains!
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- 2015 GTI
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EQT Vortex - MQB Turbo
- Thread starter jybyrd
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psychonosspaz
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- PNW
It also doesn't have the nice big adjustment knob the IS38 has, which is one reason it's a huge PITA
For someone that will be swapping an IS20 out for the EQT turbo, would you recommend picking up an is38 wastegate before hand to ease install?
railroader
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- Yuma Arizona
I dont think you need to, if you have the extra $150 bucks and are willing to essentially waste it on one for the sake of ease then sure go ahead, I'm to cheap to throw money away if I have something that will already work
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jybyrd
Go Kart Champion
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- Seattle, WA
I make too much money to burn 3-5 hours fiddling with a wastegate, when the easy solution is $150.
That being said, now knowing the process for the IS20 actuator, I could probably walk someone through it and have success in 45 minutes.
railroader
Autocross Newbie
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- Yuma Arizona
Twist1
Autocross Newbie
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- Breaking Mustang Hearts
Now that I think about it.. these companies should be paying you railroader Lol. You've indirectly sold hundreds of dkm clutches and dozens of turbos by being the guinea pig. Can't wait for my eqt. I'm glad I waited on both my turbo and clutch. If not I'd be sitting here with a broken dkm clutch and the tomioka.
Predatorbird
Ready to race!
- Location
- FL
If someone is paying a shop to install the turbo, the $150 for the IS38 wastegate might be cheaper than the labor messing with the IS20 part.
railroader
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- Yuma Arizona
railroader
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- Yuma Arizona
I want really the Guinea pig lol I was just one of the unfortunate ones to document all the issues with dkm through the whole process and still continue to help people with there issues with dkm, jay was one of the first with eqt and documented his install and issues he had first, I just shared my process and my results with the turbo which I feel is the best turbo on the market with the amount of capable power for the price we have available
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PacDawg
Drag Race Newbie
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- Gilroy, CA
How come you didn't try adjusting voltage through obd11. You can actually monitor the voltage as you adjust the actuator without having to power cycle after each adjustment.
I always thought wastegates couldn't be regularly had and needed to be purchased with actual turbo. Anyways, even with IS38 gate it will still need to be adjusted.
Diggs24
Autocross Champion
- Location
- de plains! de plains!
- Car(s)
- 2015 GTI
If you want to sell your old turbo and it has no wastegate you might find that a lot harder than selling a complete unit.
jybyrd
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- Seattle, WA
OBD11 was acting up for psychonosspaz, so we had to use my VCDS. The power cycle was needed in order to do the open/close test again - it would only do it once per session before throwing an "aborted for safety reasons" error.
With the voltage, due to the actuator not being fully open or closed at the end of the test, and resting in the 60%-ish state, the value fluctuated wildly when moving the rod and/or flapper elbow. It was impossible to hit a moving target like that. I was only aware of a target value of 3.5ish, which we couldn't hit until we ran the open/close test to verify the voltage at the 0%/closed state.
Diggs24
Autocross Champion
- Location
- de plains! de plains!
- Car(s)
- 2015 GTI
THIS. SO ANNOYING!
railroader
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- Yuma Arizona
You can get and use this one
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/263206429255
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