Synapse Wastegates

[SirRacer]

Ive been reading a lot of reviews about Synapse Wastegates and a local tuner here is a big fan.

Has anyone on the forum used the, and what success have you had?

Even on their own forum, there seems to be people having quite a few issues with them.

Any info would be great. Hearsay probably isnt going to help either.

[Cjmartz2k]

Had a friend who ran one on his Evo. He raved about how good it was and how much better it was than my ebay knock off, until his stuck open and he couldn't boost at all (re-circed back into the exhaust). He thought he broke his turbo, and actually took it off to send back for a rebuild until we figured out the culprit. Not saying they sucked, but his did.

[NYTSKY]

I have the 50mm Synapse wastegate on my car.

Takes a bit dialing in to suit your application but its a really nice bit of gear.

[Bliksem]

for the price of a TiAL why not just get one of those...

[maximajim]

I have a 50mm synapse with a 6boost manifold and turbonetics 62-1. At 10psi it worked quite well, no spikes, no creeps. When I tried to up the boost it didn't respond very well. There are so many configurations it takes time to get it just right. I ended up using my standalone to control boost to 19psi but I may go back to using just the W/G.

Make sure you get the complete kit with flanges and clamps, I made the mistake of buying just the w/g and found suitable clamps to be very expensive.