[mkiv] Overboost with rps manifold and 42mm racegate

[Ted Volkman]

my setup is as follows:
rps header (original)
42mm turbonetics racegate (routed back in to the dp)
67mm w/ .68 hot side and 3" vband discharge

i had been running a 3" dp/mp with cat and a trd gen2 exhaust.  last
time i was at the track, my traps were down and increasing the boost
did not increase the trap speeds.  i assumed the cat was finally done
and decided to finally step up the exhaust to 4" from the turbo back.

on a baseline pull the car made ~420rwhp at ~12.5psi.

after fabbing the 4" dp/mp and installing the 4" catback, the car
raced to 20psi and 625+ rwhp (not even a full pull).  this was with no
change to any settings on the aem.

another pull was made with no boost control (other than a line
directly to the wastegate) and the boost quickly passed 15 psi with no
signs of slowing down.  he then tested the wastegate to determine
whether or not it was even opening.  it started to open at 9 psi and
was fully open by 11 psi.

we hypothesized that a combination of wastegate size and placement
were to blame.  i think the placement is more to blame than the size.
shouldnt a 42mm wastegate be able to bypass enough exhaust (given
there is sufficient exhaust flow to the gate) at this power level?

has anyone else experienced this phenomenon with a small/moderately
sized turbo and 4" exhaust?

might stepping the exhaust housing up to a .96 slow the spool enough
to gain some control?

any other thoughts?

thanks
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ted
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