Fudgey

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Just thought id let you all know, ive had the car since March (2001 bug uk300), so about 4 months now. i found that on gear shift and part throttle the car could feel really jerky, slightly hesitant etc and after reading on here that some had completely removed the std recirc i thought id give it a go.

so i made up a blanking plate out of 6mm thick alloy bar, capped off the intake pipe and plumbed the boost gauge into the vac line.

the results are a much smoother drive, and its even making slightly more boost than before, but i did find that the hose from TB to IC was not tight so could have been leaking.

cant really hear the chatter tho, it sounds more of a DV whoosh

ill need to rearrange the intake pipework to get the best sound effects.

so there we go, keep the std recirc DV over a VTA, or bin the lot off if you want better response/driveability

all IMO of course!