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Originally posted by CSMsi311
I'm not entirely sure that is how a wastegate works.
1.) Why would you want to compress the all the air beyond the boost level you want to run. Thereby, heating up the air more than is necessary; just to vent the excess boost to the atmosphere?
Wouldn't it make more sense if you limited the turbine/compressor speed to limit the amount of boost that you run. Then you only compress the air you are going to use and you avoid adding unnecessary heat.
The wastegate helps bleed off the extra pressure because there