Turbosmart FCD, any good?

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mhrallyteam
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Turbosmart FCD, any good?

Post by mhrallyteam »

I've seen the turbosmart pneumatic FCD, it works with MAP controlled fuel cut. It taps in the pressure line and seem to bleed air at a certain pressure, a little like Morgie`s fcd.

Are they any good for our application, i know that vrg3 FCD is good, but i suck at soldering and found an affordable turbosmart FCD. THX
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Post by vrg3 »

It should work fine. From what I understand it actually uses a small enough bleed orifice that it can raise the overboost threshold rather than eliminating fuel cut altogether.
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Post by azn2nr »

how much is it???

nuand made one for me but it didnt work as well as i hoped as it pushed fuel cut back but not far enough.

im using a small similar valve that has a 7 psi minium release that i got for 15 bucks. works just fine.
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Post by BAC5.2 »

I am using a VRG3 FCDII, and haven't had any overboost related problems for quite some time.
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<-- VRG3FCDII installed and happy for quite some time now. Regularly boost (when clutch is happy) above 13 lbs for > 3 seconds and everything = AOK
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