joel91

Could i just cut a flat gasket with no holes and put behind the acv to disable it????
The vdi and 5th and 6th port get its source a little before the avc so in reality they should still work right??

HAILERS

You could just put the acv on with the normal gasket. The airpump air goes to the exaust system, not the intake air. With one very minor exception.

But, yes, you could do what you said just as well. That'd eliminate any possible air leak from the anti afterburn valve into the intake due to a imperfect acv. A leak like that causes minor idling irregularities.

joel91

So, my 5th and 6th and vdi will work normally then with the flat gasket behind the acv??

chano

so blocking the AVC but using it at the same time, will disable it from its functions concerning the intake air but still direct the air to the aux port and vdi. right?

what if i removed the ACV completely??, would i need to make some sort of fitting with a dump valve that goes from the airpump to the aux and vdi.?

HAILERS

joel91............I was daydreaming and watching tv when I wrote that answer.

I don't understand what your up to. You seem to be leaving the airpump and acv on but FOR SOME REASON I don't know or didn't catch on to, you want to block off the acv???????? Why???????

I'd say if you did put a solid gasket b/t the acv and the intake manifold, most of the air will go out the bottom of the acv and into the silencer in the right fender. The aux ports and the VDI will work normally. No air will reach the exaust ports for the catalytic converter though, nor any of the split air that normally gets sent to the catalytic converter by the switching solenoid.

So, why do you want to do this again????

EDIT; With a gaslet b/t the acv and the intake manifold, you kill the vacuum signals from the Relief and Switching solenoids plus the check valve (spoked looking check valve, half dollar size) will keep air from going to the exaust ports hence making the cat useless after a few hundred miles. No cat......no worry.

joel91

Yea i know i know, i just given up on trying to find how air from the acv is getting into the intake though. If you get a chance pull the blue relief solenoid connector off your car and see if your idle drops. thanks again.