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Old 25 April 2010, 07:25 PM
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hi anyone fitted a mac 3 port solenoid to a v7 sti,ports 1 and 2 are on the sides and port 3 is on the front so which goes where,also the 2 wire have to be joined to the original ones as there is no plug but they are both black and indentical so which one goes where
any help much appreciated thanks http://i44.tinypic.com/2899d9x.jpg
copy and paste above for picture thanks

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Old 25 April 2010, 07:27 PM
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A pic would help here. From the description it's not obvious which ports are from comp., to WG and vent
Old 25 April 2010, 10:19 PM
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now with pic
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here you go same solenoid .port1 vta or back to inlet port 2 actuator,port 3 turbo housing outlet
https://www.grimmspeed.com/install_g...ne_version.doc
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Originally Posted by maydew
here you go same solenoid .port1 vta or back to inlet port 2 actuator,port 3 turbo housing outlet
https://www.grimmspeed.com/install_g...ne_version.doc
thanks for that, what about the wires which goes to which as they are both the same on the solenoid
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was your car mapped with a 3 port solenoid ? I fitted a Subaru 3 port solenoid to my ECUtek mapped car and it overboosted big time, because it was mapped with a OE 2 port, unless your car was mapped to suit a 3 port solenoid you could have over boost problems
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the car is getting mapped on the 6th of may but just want to have the solenoid in place and ready to hook ahead of the time
oh and thanks for the info guys

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Old 26 April 2010, 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by welded1
thanks for that, what about the wires which goes to which as they are both the same on the solenoid
take your pick ,either way
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