New to me, BCS Mod

[RAUBIO]

I talked to a guy at a parts store today, he had a '94 TSI and he told me about putting a "bleeder valve" from a fish tank in place of the BCS.He had quite the accent and I was in a hurry so I didn't quite catch all that he said about it. I don't know of anything on a fish tank called a bleeder valve. However I did have a manual air valve that fits the hoses quite well, so I tried it and no bells and whistles. Is that guy full of S@$# or did I do something wrong or what the heck is a fish tank bleeder valve. I did leave the BCS plugged in and just tucked it out of the way. The guy said he got upwards of 20 PSI from this trick. any ideas.

 

[Nomad666]

what he was talking about is a ghetto boost controller. Don't mess with boost unless you have a boost gauge and a boost controller. If you ran 20psi on a stock fuel system you will blow the engine in no time. 15 is max you can run on a stock fuel system.

P.S put your bcs back on.

 

[Anomoly#5]

thats the damn truth.. look at my sig pic.. blew #4 piston ..long story but dont exceed 15-16lbs on the stock fuel system. Just buy a boost controller for 50 bucks from boostcontroller.com, or you can make your own. I'd just get a hallman and call it a day.pz

 

[the_jester]

so 15 psi. is all i can run with stock fuel system. i have a boost gauge and boost controller, i was hoping to run 17 at least. oh well i geuss i'll wait till i can upgrade my guel system.

 

[spider2042]

that is the best thig to do upgrade is the way to go

 

[RAUBIO]

I understand now not to do it but I still want to know exactly what a "ghetto boost controller" is.

 

[a351must2]

ghetto boost controller means you go to a pet store and buy a plastic fish tank valve, or go to home depot and buy a 3/8" brass valve and install it in place of the BCS to allow an adjustable full time bleed of the boost to the wastgate.

Basically a very cheap and effective way to adjust boost, but it's known for slow wastegate response that will cause a spike in boost when the boost first builds up. The factory BCS works the same way, but it is either on or off...not adjustable.

The ball/spring boost controllers work a bit better (less/no spike) and the turbo will spool up quicker.

 

[Idiot Stick]

yah a friend of mine got one from walmart and used it on his 2g, before it crankwalked twice..

 

[Dieselboy]

The only thing I would do in the meantime is the free BCS mod. Unhook the hoses from the BCS and youll see a plug in one of them. Take a small screw, screw it in slightly, then yank it out. When I did it, boost raised from 11psi to 13-14psi. Dont do the bleeder, its pure ghetto. You'd might as well spend $50 and get a Hallman for that matter.

 

[RAUBIO]

Thank for the info guys I'll keep my BCS and maybe upgrade later, but for now I'll just Ghetto Boost the fish tank.

 

[bretthejet26]

if u really want boost just rip off the hose that connects to the wastegate... voila :laugh:




i was kidding

 

[Defiant]

Yeh. Fix your sigpic, Bret.

 

[bretthejet26]

i dunno how to