Everyone who has their butterfly valves working

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ca18coupe
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I want to know if this is the proper setup. Before you just say look in the sticky there is no final picture of the setup. I tried the white and black valve backwards at first and it held the butterflies closed over the rpm range, flipped it and it felt much better, pulled the whole setup and plugged the butterflies strait to vacuum and it didn't feel as smooth coming onto boost, but since i don't have a dyno at my disposal, was hoping someone could just confirm, or correct i would greatly appreciate it.

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Well I went into the FAQ to double check how it's supposed to work and all the links are gone. I'm trying to get it fixed, but I can't help right now. I'm pretty sure that is right, with the only exception being that the line you have open to the air should go back to the intake side of the turbo, post MAFS.

ca18coupe
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Really nobody has their butterfly valves working properly? Thanks float I'll have to install a vacuum barb as I'm using the project Silvia SR intake pipe, or could i just route it to the breather system?

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Mine are removed, so I'm not really much help, all I can do is look at the FAQ. As for routing it to the breather system I would say no, simply because there is a small chance the flow could be reversed if the crankcase pressure gets too high and would push PCV gasses into the butterfly valve system and gunk it up.


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