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Originally Posted by deejaaa
(1)how do you intend to tie the coil to the system? will it be controlled, such as in summer, to disconnect when not needed?
(2)is this a popular swap?
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I don't know that it would be beneficial to ever shut it off, being that the cooling system capacity is so great in these cars. The idea was to plumb it in place of the EGR cooler as this is being deleted. The EGR cooler helps to warm up the engine faster and when deleted, the engines struggle to warm up.
Not a whole lot of people are putting this exact turbo on their TDIs. Most are running off-the-shelf turbos like the hybrids, I believe that it isn't used often because of the extra lag. I'm using it for the cooler charged air temperatures which will put less strain on the air-water intercooler which I'm integrating into a custom intake manifold for very short charge pipes. It will also help to keep EGTs down while towing. I don't mind the lag.