Anyone ever installed a vortech?
Its actually called a Bypass valve, not BOV like turbos, and its supposed to blow a lot of air out at idle...that valve keeps the excess air from your blower from entering your engine at idle or when you're not in boost; the BPV actually close when you get into boost...
And I can't help you with the ss box or tune; I didn't want to hassle with the wiring so I have Osiris for my tuning...
And I can't help you with the ss box or tune; I didn't want to hassle with the wiring so I have Osiris for my tuning...
so we got the kit installed! we ran into a few problems though. First we noticed when we were wiring the vortech pggy back to the factory ecu he told us to hook up cam 1 and cam 2 wires to terminals 14 and 33. there was no wires in those 2 terminals. im going to give vortech a call about this. Also my bypass valve is leaking a insane amount. It blows alot of air out while the car is just ideling.we think the bov is defective. It is staying cracked open and we tried to adjust it but got no luck. I was pretty bummed out about this because I bet it sounded amazing, and the fact that it didnt work sucks. I'm using my friends bov as a temperory till I get a new vortech one. The car seems to be running really good. pulls very strong and everything else seems to work. I did notice the blower makes some odd noises lol but I think that is normal.
So if anyone could explain these please do.
1) missing cam wires on my 2003 ecu.
2) Stuck open BOV?
3) sometimes my idel drops kinda low but then goes back to normal? is this normal?
So if anyone could explain these please do.
1) missing cam wires on my 2003 ecu.
2) Stuck open BOV?
3) sometimes my idel drops kinda low but then goes back to normal? is this normal?
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After driving the car for a few days I'm seeing 7psi I think. I know I'm hitting 6. Also am I able to put belt lube on the belts or should I not do this? Ill post pictures up of the car
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ooo lol and before i get trolled for the random bits of ugly lime green in my engine bay that wasn't me. the dude before me thought it would look cool. im getting all the caps painted the blue the cover is and getting rid of the crusty lime green.
do you mean belt conditioner? I wouldn't because its sticky and will just attract more dust. I did it once and it gummed up my pulley so bad it had to dig out all kinds of crap. Are you worried about belt slip? I thought you were getting that GTM pulley upgrade?
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I was just gonna put it on there to maybe help the belts I figured
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Also, how do you have a vortech kit and be on a budget for installation? Contradiction is all I see in your posts.
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You don't get it. And I'm not on a budget for installation ??? Gtfo.
