Re: Dump valve on 5kTQ

[Avi <Avi@cosmoslink.net>]

Good man, I don't know how people run without the dump valve, it makes
shifting so much better, instead of using the turbo as an air brake....
Avi


At 11:43 AM 11/4/97 -0800, you wrote:
>I finally installed the dump valve on the 5kTQ this weekend.  Ended up
>using the Avi Meron method (valve mounted in end cap of intercooler)
>rather than Dave Head's Samco hose version.  FWIW, here's a warning if
>you're thinking about doing this project: the Samco hose that TAP sells is,
>IMHO, a total fraud.  Dave Head apparently got his to work, somehow,
>but I ended up wasting $135 on a hose that I don't think could ever have
>been made to fit (after TAP assured me it was the right hose--and that I
>should cut carefully because they wouldn't accept any returns.)  The
>reason why is obvious and twofold.  Where the hose attaches to the
>intake manifold is not circular, but the Samco hose is circular, and the
>Samco hose is so stiff that it can't be made to bend enough to mount on
>the intercooler.  If it would help anyone, I'd be happy to send a picture of
>how I cut it in an (unsuccessful) effort to make it fit.  The Audi accordian
>hose deals with the flex and non-circular problems separately and
>elegantly; The Samco looks like it's a generic part that only theoretically
>fits the car.
>
>The dump valve works well (oriented as the 91 200Q manual
>recommends, rather than as QSHIPQ recommends, since I'm not running
>"massive boost").  If you want copies of the relevant posts,  part nos.,
>etc., email me privately.
>
>HTH,
>
>--Scott
>  87 5kTQ 1.8 bar
>
>