Yeah, i'm more leaning towards VTA. I've never installed a BOV so my friend is helping me this weekend. He has done it on two of his cars. He also recommends VTA so that's what i'll go with. I'm hoping it sounds great! I love the noise! I was looking through the VT forums and seen some people throw a CEL, saying Turbocharger bypass malfunction. And i PMd Turbosocks about it and they said it's VERY VERY unlikely to happen but if it does, what exactly to look for. Hopefully everything goes smoothly.
You need to get yourself a koup/forte5 turbo
I do need to get one
Unfortunately I'm slightly upside down on my current forte
I was looking at diagrams for the stock bypass valve, and the one on this car is not purely mechanical like previous cars i have dealt with.
This car uses an electrical solenoid to activate the valve, so if those people unplugged the solenoid or hooked it up to the new valve incorrectly that is what might have happened.
This is purely speculation, but if you hook up your new valve the way it was designed (mechanical, no solenoid) and leave the stock solenoid plugged in, you should be ok.
Then I would just tie-off the stock solenoid somewhere out of the way.
I'm not a guy who likes to psssshhht! all over town. So recirculating is quieter? Much quieter?
I haven't driven or heard a stock 1.6T car yet, but I am going to assume stock intake and stock BOV, you can;t hear any sound correct?
In my experience, once you put an aftermarket intake (particularly ones with open-element air filters) then you can hear the stock BOV activate.
Then, adding an aftermarket BOV makes the whole system even louder (when VTA). If you recirculate, it is most likely the noise level of the new valve will be closer to stock noise level.
When you think about it, the recirculation hose is muffling the released air when it leaves the valve.
Hope this helps!
