Removing the Air Bypass Valve on a 4agze

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An Air Bypass Valve (ABV) acts like a blow off valve for supercharged engines as in the case of a 4agze. The ABV acts like a reliefe valve to reduce boost when not needed. It does this by bypassing the pressurised air back into the intake manifold to increase engine life and economy. Removing the ABV as im about to show you, is a common mod to increase engine performance that so many crave from the little 1.6Lt donk. If done right and the conditions are suitable, then benefits could be as much as another 1 psi of boost.

There are 2 ways to go about stopping the Air Bypass Valve on a 4agze. Many people do this at the same time as fitting a front mounted intercooler as it saves time refitting it all while the motor is still in the engine bay in rear wheel drive format.

The first and easiest way to stop the ABV is to litterly plug it off. That is stop the vaccume reaching it to activate/deactivate when needed.


Bah...will finish later sooo tired now