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Old Feb 2, 2008, 08:40 AM
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is this ok?
installed my type s yesterday and noticed it barely almost rests on the heat shield. is this a ok? or could it possible melt the metal on the bov at all? and if so any quick fixes? thanks guys.

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It should be fine. You could try to bend the heat shield out of the way.
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Is that VTA? If you recirculated it, it shouldn't be that close
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Old Feb 2, 2008, 08:57 AM
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its vta...i wuda like it turned up/positioned differently, but unfortunately it had to goto the side like that bc it was hitting the radiator fan. and i had such a hard time getting that in the tubing that even its angled like that i just didnt care...
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move the hose behind the uicp piping itself "reversed" then it will be fine..
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Old Feb 2, 2008, 09:08 AM
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move the hose behind the uicp piping itself "reversed" then it will be fine..
ahhh...good call. ill give that a shot. thanks.
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Why VTA? It kills performance. If you must VTA, there are much better BOV's around. Why VTA?
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Cut the rubber return house some.
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Old Feb 2, 2008, 11:28 AM
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vta bc thats how my blitz came when i bought the car. and thats how i bought the greddy. and yea i was thinking of cutting the hose some as well. im guna try turing it in the other direction and see if it works, and if not ill trim a couple inches off the hose.
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