I recently hooked up with one of the local Lightning guys who showed me how to do the boost-bypass mod. Below are the notes and pics for the install. Total cost: $2.16. Total time: 5 minutes. Once again, this is written for the non-mechanic- the mod is unbelievably simple.
(ps: ignore the spelling mistakes in the first few slides
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1. Standing on the drivers side looking at the blower, you'll see the following. Overview: Basically, you'll cut the single red vacuum hose that runs to the bottom of the Fuel Rail Pressure Sensor and insert a "T", then take hose that runs from the top of the Boost Dump Valve to the bottom of the Boost Bypass Solenoid, disconnect it from the bottom of the Boost Bypass Solenoid and re-plug it into the "T" in the Fuel Rail Pressure Sensor vacuum line, and plug the now-open spot in the bottom of the Boost Dump Solenoid.
2. Here is the short hose you disconnect from the top of the Boost Dump Valve and bottom of the Boost Dump Solenoid. You have to pull HARD to get the hard plastic hose out of the bottom of rubber boot on the bottom of the solenoid. You can remove the whole 2-hose rubber boot off the bottom of the solenoid to make it easier (Optional- a screw is shown on the top of the hose; instead of remove the whole hose to use later, you can plug the hose as seen here and use a seperate piece of hose in step #6).
3. Once the hose is popped out, you need to plug the hole with something. I used a black screw; a golf tee works as well. Here are 2 pics showing the plugged 2-hose rubber boot on the bottom of Boost Bypass Solenoid with the screw inserted.
4. Next, locate the red hose that runs to the Fuel Rail Pressure Sensor and remove the wrap-around plastic sheath (NOTE- There are TWO separate red hoses, only cut the red hose to the Fuel Rail Sensor as shown below :nono: )
5. Cut the vacuum hose and insert the rubber "T":
6. Take the hose you removed in step #2 and attach one end to the top of the Boost Dump Valve and the other to the "T", reinstall the plastic sheath (cut to fit around the T). I used a long piece of plastic vacuum pipe to illustrate the routing.
7. Clean up the install so as to not freak out the service manager during you next dealership oil change, and viola:
(ps: ignore the spelling mistakes in the first few slides
)1. Standing on the drivers side looking at the blower, you'll see the following. Overview: Basically, you'll cut the single red vacuum hose that runs to the bottom of the Fuel Rail Pressure Sensor and insert a "T", then take hose that runs from the top of the Boost Dump Valve to the bottom of the Boost Bypass Solenoid, disconnect it from the bottom of the Boost Bypass Solenoid and re-plug it into the "T" in the Fuel Rail Pressure Sensor vacuum line, and plug the now-open spot in the bottom of the Boost Dump Solenoid.
2. Here is the short hose you disconnect from the top of the Boost Dump Valve and bottom of the Boost Dump Solenoid. You have to pull HARD to get the hard plastic hose out of the bottom of rubber boot on the bottom of the solenoid. You can remove the whole 2-hose rubber boot off the bottom of the solenoid to make it easier (Optional- a screw is shown on the top of the hose; instead of remove the whole hose to use later, you can plug the hose as seen here and use a seperate piece of hose in step #6).
3. Once the hose is popped out, you need to plug the hole with something. I used a black screw; a golf tee works as well. Here are 2 pics showing the plugged 2-hose rubber boot on the bottom of Boost Bypass Solenoid with the screw inserted.
4. Next, locate the red hose that runs to the Fuel Rail Pressure Sensor and remove the wrap-around plastic sheath (NOTE- There are TWO separate red hoses, only cut the red hose to the Fuel Rail Sensor as shown below :nono: )
5. Cut the vacuum hose and insert the rubber "T":
6. Take the hose you removed in step #2 and attach one end to the top of the Boost Dump Valve and the other to the "T", reinstall the plastic sheath (cut to fit around the T). I used a long piece of plastic vacuum pipe to illustrate the routing.
7. Clean up the install so as to not freak out the service manager during you next dealership oil change, and viola:
