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Old 27-08-2010, 12:55 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Default Re: VNT on a mechanical turbo diesel....

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Originally Posted by jarrus View Post
Thanks for the link, i didn't say it before, it was actually more insightful than I thought it would be, from what I can gather, the actuator is move by vacuum pressure, where would this vacuum pressure come from to change the vanes angle of attack? Could you use an electronic boost controller like an apexi one to control the actuator correctly?
The vacuum pressure is controlled by the ECU according to demand on the engine, so either when needing to accelerate or go up a hill. Not a turbo expert so can't answer your question. Doesn't your car have any kind of ECU, it must have something, shurley?
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