Room4TU

Everything went very smoothly thanks to all the help on the Forum yesterday. Took me about 10-15 minutes to complete the job. The hardest part was removing the little one time clamp from the vacuum nipple. Kareem, I did remove the wiring harness that crossed the top of the old DV like you said and it did make a big differance as to the ease of removing the old valve as compared to if I had left it in place. I used the green spring with one shim. To me, upon installation of the Forge DV, it feels like I have slower throttle/boost response especially in 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th gear. 1st and 2nd are pretty quick. I am also running APR 93 ocatane. Is it just the smoother delivery of power/boost that I feel as compared to before with the the OEM valve? Do I need to play around some more with the springs and shim adjustment? TIA

Room4TU

and I almost forgot, the goose has left my engine!

Kareem of Elise

I had a green spring with 2 shims (home made.....2 washers).......

Room4TU

You think the extra shim will make the throttle/boost resonse more quicker?

Kareem of Elise

give it a shot......you can always take it back out.....

Room4TU

I guess my question is do I need to take off the vacuum nipple to unscrew the top off of the DV?

Kareem of Elise

prolly have to take the hose off the vacuum nipple to unscrew it......

Kareem of Elise

but you can leave the rest of teh valve in place, yes....

Room4TU

OK will give it a try tomorrow thanks again.

TTsumibishi

Mine took about 90 minutes, because I was totally unprepared for exactly how tricky it was to get that one-time-use clamp off. My DV felt like it was located a little farther back than it should've been, and getting in there was impossible with any of the tools I had.

So I took a long thin metal file and filed that sucker right off. Problem solved! :-D