Update 25-3-10
Deadbolt TD06-20g and turbosmart 38mm external gate (from Chad -V3 RA's car) installed.
Minor modifications to the external gate location required, as the version 3 gearbox is a slightly different shape to my 99. So where Chad had it sitting on his car didn't fit on my car. Minor problem. A few new flanges and a bit of welding had it sorted.
Before we installed the turbo and gate we pressure tested the gate, and found it was fairly leaky... but decided to push on anyway, and kinda hoped it would fix itself... it didn't.
Got tuned today at ASG. There's a major wastegate vs. boost controller battle going on. EBC is working overtime to try and hold boost, but the wastgate keeps leaking it out the side pipe (which sounds awesome btw!)
To an extent, the boost controller finally wins the battle, and at just over 6500rpm it made 310.1hp and 347.1 torques (max torque at 6k) on 20psi.
Fingers crossed a new wastegate spring (or possibly diaphragm) will make boost come on sooner and stronger.
Until then, thumbs up from the bum dyno.
