Shimming Wastegate

Bullz_EyE · 11-14-2005, 08:30 AM

I recently bumped into a MkIII owner who had a pretty tuned vehicle. I bought his HKS downpipe off of him for $80. Anywayz, We talked talked for a while and I was telling him how I recently purchased my vehicle and I'm in the infancy stage of my topend rebuild. I mentioned that I wanted to shim my wastegate but he strongly advised against it due to frequent and unpredictable boost spike and creep.

This is the 1st I've heard someone tell me anything negative about shimming. All over forums it seems like this is a preached method of gaining easy boost. Even in the link it states it's safe. For a forum to condone a bold statement like that, says a lot, meaning there is much more than one person backing it up. I'd rather be safe than sorry, but I am really tempted for going with cheap and easy power. Is there anyone that agrees or disagrees? Opinions?

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11-14-2005, 08:30 AM	#6
Bullz_EyE 3" Exhaust Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 238	I recently bumped into a MkIII owner who had a pretty tuned vehicle. I bought his HKS downpipe off of him for $80. Anywayz, We talked talked for a while and I was telling him how I recently purchased my vehicle and I'm in the infancy stage of my topend rebuild. I mentioned that I wanted to shim my wastegate but he strongly advised against it due to frequent and unpredictable boost spike and creep. This is the 1st I've heard someone tell me anything negative about shimming. All over forums it seems like this is a preached method of gaining easy boost. Even in the link it states it's safe. For a forum to condone a bold statement like that, says a lot, meaning there is much more than one person backing it up. I'd rather be safe than sorry, but I am really tempted for going with cheap and easy power. Is there anyone that agrees or disagrees? Opinions?