Before the forums took a dive I had a few problems with fitting a boost guage to my motor.
I supplied some photos to Joth who pointed out that the 97' JDM has a BOV different to a lot of the other foresters out there as most have the BOV stuck to the intercooler. On the 97' JDM the BOV is a plastic item which is located behind the manifold underneath the intercooler and floats freely but is joined via three pipes.
Bear with me, the point is near!
Now one of the pipes to the BOV was not connected on my motor and was floating in the ether and as Joth pointed out this pipe is the return to the BOV and should be connected to a nipple on the top of the BOV. The reason it wasnt was because so arse had broken it off in the past. This would explain why I was only seeing 5psi on my newly installed Boost Guage.
Ripped the BOV out and with the help of a little copper pipe and Araldite the pipe is now connected onto the BOV and what a difference. My boost gauge reads about 16-18psi on full power and the car now shifts like crap of a blanket!
What a difference! Thanks Joth..
mike
I supplied some photos to Joth who pointed out that the 97' JDM has a BOV different to a lot of the other foresters out there as most have the BOV stuck to the intercooler. On the 97' JDM the BOV is a plastic item which is located behind the manifold underneath the intercooler and floats freely but is joined via three pipes.
Bear with me, the point is near!
Now one of the pipes to the BOV was not connected on my motor and was floating in the ether and as Joth pointed out this pipe is the return to the BOV and should be connected to a nipple on the top of the BOV. The reason it wasnt was because so arse had broken it off in the past. This would explain why I was only seeing 5psi on my newly installed Boost Guage.
Ripped the BOV out and with the help of a little copper pipe and Araldite the pipe is now connected onto the BOV and what a difference. My boost gauge reads about 16-18psi on full power and the car now shifts like crap of a blanket!
What a difference! Thanks Joth..
mike