I got a turboxs bypass valve from a friend, this model:
http://store.summitracing.com/egnsearch.asp?N=400350+311294&autoview=sku

I was wondering how to install it... it looks like the stock POV is bolted to the manifold!!!! can anyone help???


Cody

did it not come with install instructions?

that's more of a bypass valve than a blowoff valve...

first thing you do is buy a 1" npt plug and remove the stock pov... then to install that you find somewhere between the compressor and throttle body to weld it into (i'm assuming you still have the stock charge pipe, so you can remove the line that runs to the drivers side pcv, get a plug for that, as well as a breather filter to attach to the valve cover... next you find someone to weld the rec valve (or bov as you call it) onto the charge pipe... then you find a vacuum source from behind the throttle body and tee into it, run a line to the barb on the rec valve. and if you're going to use it as a bov that will do.

now if you're going to use it like it was intended to, you take the vent side of the valve, attach a hose to it and run that hose into the intake piping after the MAF. there's a vacuum line on there you can get rid of by removing the charcoal canister that should work alright.

any questions?

yeah i'm using it as a rec valve, i called it a bypass valve in the post above. sorry :)

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=521067

Go to that thread, and I believe that there are pictures of my engine bay (if not on the first page there will be one of the others). In that picture you can see where the BOV was welded into the throttle body, and tapped into the boost source at the rear of the plenum.

ohhh, speaking of which, delerious man, the canister in the back of my plenum isn't connected... should I reconect it and if so where does the fucker lead to???

canister at the back of the plenum? the rear passenger side saucer shaped thing?? that'd be the egr..

^yeap, that's exactly what it is... okay, well I haven't really looked in my hanes manual yet but what does that sucker do anyways, and what will be the effects if it's unplugged... I was under the impression that it was there to regulate emissions and stuf...

yep... emissions stuff... allows some exhaust to be let back into the intake plenum

will it make my car run rich??? because I've been having problems with my car running rich.

hmm i'm not sure... people remove it without any problems, so i shouldn't think so... how rich are you running?

^I'm not sure, can you give me some symptoms of how much??? Like, the car kinda flutters a lil' at idle (me thinking that there's maybe unburned gas in the exhaust) and the car's gas smells pretty strong too...

black smoke out the exhaust would be a dead giveaway... the car smelling of gas is most likely a seep somewhere... should try tightening up all of your fuel hose clamps...

eh leave it off .. its just not going to recirculate the unburned exhaust gasses again ...