That needs to be fixed. That's a diverter valve, and needs to divert into the intake, pre turbo. This system requires all air to be metered and accounted for. That open valve is letting unmetered air into the system under closed and low throttle positions and is letting metered air escape when the turbo is spooling. This does lots of whacky things to the air fuel mixture.
"Blow off valves" are inefficient and archaic. The diverter system was introduced to turbo setups about 40 years ago and it has been the preferred method of velocity maintenence since. The diverter valve maintains charge system velocity. The b6t has a very advanced turbosystem for a mid 80s design, and the diverter valve is no exception. Using a blow off valve on one of these engines is like swapping your tires for bias ply street tires because you think it's more like a race car. Lol
"Blow off valves" are inefficient and archaic. The diverter system was introduced to turbo setups about 40 years ago and it has been the preferred method of velocity maintenence since. The diverter valve maintains charge system velocity. The b6t has a very advanced turbosystem for a mid 80s design, and the diverter valve is no exception. Using a blow off valve on one of these engines is like swapping your tires for bias ply street tires because you think it's more like a race car. Lol
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