hks ssq on the tt
08-05-2002, 03:22 PM
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hks ssq on the tt
well I got my ssq last Friday and it is just amazing..... now I need about 500 hp to back up the funny sound under my hood though.... does any one on here have this valve on there car?.... any thing good or bad to say ? I also install a n75 when I was at it..... not sheer yet if it made a difference or not.
08-05-2002, 05:30 PM
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have you plumbed it back into the intake or do you have it blowing off
into the atmosphere?
If you are blowing it off into the atmosphere, than yes, you are slowly damaging the car by running it rich, possibly coating the valves with deposits, killing your power and also maybe destroying the catalytic converter....
If you bought a kit from ECS or equivalent, what they wont tell you is this, in order to keep the BOV from setting of a CEL, they have the threshholds set a little aggressive, which means instead of releasing the excess boost, it releases just enough to make the *Psssshhhhh* sound but not enough to really relieve the turbo of damaging back pressure.
A BOV is simply not designed for the 1.8T motor, unless you are running a stand alone engine management that can accomodate this feature.
"But it works on my car and many others without problems"
Yeah, well hydraulics also work on a car, that does not mean that it is good for the car or recommended.
If you are blowing it off into the atmosphere, than yes, you are slowly damaging the car by running it rich, possibly coating the valves with deposits, killing your power and also maybe destroying the catalytic converter....
If you bought a kit from ECS or equivalent, what they wont tell you is this, in order to keep the BOV from setting of a CEL, they have the threshholds set a little aggressive, which means instead of releasing the excess boost, it releases just enough to make the *Psssshhhhh* sound but not enough to really relieve the turbo of damaging back pressure.
A BOV is simply not designed for the 1.8T motor, unless you are running a stand alone engine management that can accomodate this feature.
"But it works on my car and many others without problems"
Yeah, well hydraulics also work on a car, that does not mean that it is good for the car or recommended.
08-06-2002, 07:06 AM
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Re: hks ssq on the tt
I HAVE IT SET UP RIGHT NOW TO JUST BLOW OFF IN THE ATMOSPHERE...... BUT I DID GET THE RECALCULATION KIT FOR IT. ILL BE HOOKING IT UP IN RECALCULATION MODE SOON DUE TO THE FACT MY G/F IS ALL GRUMPY OVER THE "GHETTO" SOUNDS MY CAR MAKES NOW
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