NOOB question about a BOV

[Ca_Silvia]

OK so i just bought a used HKS SQV apparently its the one before the SSQV but anyways, where do i hook up the vaccum hose off the BOV to?

I can post pictures of the BOV and my engine (CA) if needed but i thought someone could just tell me. Thanks

[rico05]

I have a t-fitting on my wastegate hose (which is comming from the big nipple on the intake manifold, just past the throttle body) that connects to the BOV.

[Ca_Silvia]

could you post a picture of your set up possibly?

[teddy]

big vacuum nipple on the back of the intake manifold close to the throttle body.

zerothread?id=114953

Scroll a few posts down to a vacuum diagram. Hope this helps.

[nnkfws333]

I think I have the same one as you. Its the direct blow off valve or something right? Well I hooked the top one to the wastegate line and the back one to a vacuum line from the throttle body.

I tried T'ing the top/back one to the wastegate line but it never worked.

Good luck!

[Ca_Silvia]

^Mine only has one nipple on top

I couldnt get the picture to work so heres the link to a picture of what mine looks like. http://www.n-e-c-c.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3997

What vaccum hose do i use the one blocked off or the one running from the BOV to the intake mani

[rico05]

You have to register to look at the pic man. No offense, but I myself really am too lazy to sign up for yet another forum just to look at your pic. Maybe someone else will be less lazy

[Ca_Silvia]

ok i never relized you had to sign up

[datsunboy]

hate to have to break it to you man.....but you have yourelf a SR20ET there....not a CA.

but maybe its not your engine the pic is of....if you havent installed it yet, try mount your BOV closer to your throttle body than where it is on that SR

[Ca_Silvia]

Yeah, thats just the pic of the BOV not on my engine.

So i installed everything ok and it ran fine, but can someone explain to me the benefits of adjusting the screw on the back of the BOV. I have no idea what it does.

[Zero260]

the screw is there to adjust the spring tension in the blow-off valve. if it's leaking under boost, or doesn't open all the way(you have a fluttering noise when you shift, instead of a *psht* sound). I had a turbo XS BOV and I had to take the thing apart, and put washers in it to adjust the same thing that screw does.

[Ca_Silvia]

so if its not opening all the way it needs to be tighter?

[teddy]

If it's not opening, the tension needs to be reduced.

[Ca_Silvia]

ok sweet ill try that

[float_6969]

Thanks for all of the replies guys. No bashing and lots of help. Great post!