By-Pass Valve finally installed

Robert Deis rdeis at io.com
Wed Feb 7 09:49:43 EST 2001


On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Peter Berrevoets wrote:

> Ah... finally put the by-pass valve in my 200TQ today. Wasn't sure what to
> expect, but I thought I would do this before upping the boost any further.
> Driveability is noticeably improved - subtley but definitely. I would
> imagine that with some more boost that this will really wake up the
> acceleration.

Cool! I've been considering this for my 5KTQw.

Even with increased boost we seldom exceed 12-13psi gauge, right?  I think
that's ~1.9 bar absolute.

If so, I may have a very inexpensive option.  Catch is that the bypass
leaks at 13psi, so you can't boost any higher than that efficiently.

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