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Digifant on a 16v question



That is exactly what I would do! Actually, I seem to
remember that some people put a BOV on there without
doing any welding. Maybe post on the G60 technical
forum of VW Vortex for more info...

Neal

--- "Adrian C." <aculda@cogeco.ca> wrote:
> actually my plan before hand with the G60 TB was to
> take out the recirc
> valve and shaft, weld up the holes
> weld a flange for the BOV on there :)
> and voila a perfect beginer turbo setup :)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Doty" <Joe.Doty@lcnetwork.com>
> To: "Neal Tovsen" <nealtovsen@yahoo.com>;
> <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 12:03 PM
> Subject: RE: Digifant on a 16v question
> 
> 
> > The G60 throttlebody won't work well without
> forced
> > induction though. It has a port for the G60's
> boost
> > recirculation (basically a wastegate) built-in.
> You
> > can use the existing TB though.
> 
> I used the 16v TB for a while, but I got tired of
> changing rubber
> inlets.  I was using ones off of A2 16v's, and they
> kept splitting open.
> The G60 TB has that stupid recirc valve, but I cut
> it off and had the
> hole welded up and now I've got a beautiful round
> inlet.  It's totally
> worth it IMO :)
> 
> > The fuel lines and fuel filter can be a PITA
> because
> > the fittings for the rail are on the passenger
> side. I
> > ran new ones from the fuel tank b/c the car was a
> > basket case when I got it. Joe, what did you do?
> 
> I kept the existing filter and hacked up the stock
> (CIS) rubber lines.
> They're barbed underneath.  From there I had a
> barbed fitting on the
> return line, and I found a straight barbed banjo
> fitting for the fuel
> filter.  Then I ran some aeroquip 250 psi line
> to/from the rail. A la
> <http://www.calpoly.edu/~jdoty/pics/turbo/digi1.jpg>
> 
> > SNsTuning.com will cut you a chip for any
> application.
> > Danny and Sam rock!
> 
> Werd! SNS rocks.
> 
> Joe
> 
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