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how can i get more boost from my jx turbo? i was speaking to a chap and he said get a turboboost gauge and a drain/bleed valve. check what the factory figure is for the turbo and see what yours is now,(see how much it has lost) then increase the boost up to factory figure and you will see a great improvement, CAN you actually do that and is it as simple as that? or was he talking bollacks

I will say this only once ::::To adjust it there are a couple of ways of doing it:

For both you'll need to loosen the 10?mm locknut on the turbo waste gate actuator rod

Then you can either:
Remove the circlip from the waste gate arm and pull the actuator rod off of the arm. Then screw end either up or down the rod to adjust the boost pressure. Then refit it back onto the waste gate arm

Or:
You can grasp the rod with molegrips etc then rotate the rod inside the bit that clips to the wastegate

Change the boost one whole turn at a time as a rough guide.
Shorten the rod to increase the boost pressure and lengthen it to decrease it.

The first method is the one I use as I find it easier although it requires a bit of force to stretch the actuator to refit the rod back onto the wastegate arm. (you'll be pulling against the spring preload of the actuator

This extra boost will blow the bottom end out of your motor in the blink of an eye, so do these adjustments at your peril.....


Regards


Fritz,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

well that was short n sweet,thanks fritz