Hi All,
I'm fairly new to the site, this being my first post, and would like to draw upon some of your impressive technical expertise if I may
I've been reading with interest the threads about the bypass valve for the supercharger. It got me thinking, is it possible to override the sc by manually controlling the bypass valve? It would be quite handy to drive my s works as though it's a regular 1.6 with the valve fixed open and at the touch of a button revert to normal operation Mad Max style with a view to having more reasonable fuel economy. I know Eaton claim the valve's only closed 5% of the time during normal driving, but I find this hard to believe given even very gentle driving only brings mpg in the high 20's.
My concern is that the reduced amount of air feeding the engine would cause a fuelling situation outside the ECU's adaptation range. I.e. it'd end up running rich or just going into limp mode. It'd be fairly easy to try by just tying the valve open, but I'd like to have some sort of idea about whether this is safe before I do. Any thoughts?
John
