Intake Air Bleed Table

Nexus Series Firmware Help › Engine Functions › Intake Air BleedUpdated Sep 2026

The Intake Air Bleed table decides how far the bleed valve opens, and therefore how much boost it dumps. Pick the right axis and it becomes a simple on/off control tied to your launch.

What the table controls

The Intake Air Bleed function uses a valve after the turbo to bleed off manifold pressure, mostly on turbo drag cars while staging. This table sets the duty cycle sent to the air bleed solenoid. More duty opens the valve further, so more air escapes whenever there's boost in the intake. At 0% the valve stays shut. At 100% it's fully open.

Choosing the axis

The table's input axis isn't fixed. Select the table and press F3 to change it to any channel. Race Time is the default, which lets you vary the bleed over the course of a run.

A very common alternative is Launch Control Output State. That channel is either 0 (launch control not active) or 1 (active), so the table only needs two columns:

Launch Control Output StateMeaningTypical duty
0Launch control off0% (valve closed)
1Launch control on, car staged100% (valve open)

That turns the air bleed into a clean switch: it opens while you're sitting on the launch limiter and closes the moment launch control releases.

Tip

After changing the axis, check in a log that the valve actually closes when you leave the line. A bleed that stays open on the run costs you boost.

See air bleed wiring for the hardware side and launch control for the launch setup.