Bleeder Vavle

[Brett Dikeman]

At 12:03 PM -0500 3/7/02, TurboAWDman wrote:

>I know it's possible on many cars to just install a Bleeder valve in
>bettween the Boost selenoid and the hose going to the plenum or
>Throttle body to gain a substantial amount of power by tricking the
>computer in thinking Boost level is lower than it really is. I also
>know to this it is recommended to have a boost gauge installed in
>the car to monitor boost level (not to break anything :) ) my
>question is
>
>1. Does this work on a Audi A4 1.8T 2001,
>2. what's the maximum boost our cars will take when being completely stock.

This would be an INCREDIBLY bad idea.

Boost pressure is used for timing information, among other things.
If you start screwing with it, you'll run an extremely high risk of
doing some pretty nasty things to the engine.

Just pony up the money for a real computer modification, but beware,
Audi is becoming increasingly nasty about warrantees on chipped cars.

Brett
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