Heya, abscate thanks for the response that helps a bunch. Yeah, it is a pretty dodgy modification, not necessarily a damaging one though. As for how it drives, i'd say that it drives fine still comes on boost where it should etc. Only thing that I would say is that boost needs to build for a bit lon...

G'day everyone, this is my first post :). I recently bought a 1998 V70 2.5t that is in really good condition even for its age and km's (266,xxx). I was having a poke around in the engine bay today and noticed that some numpty had installed a turbo bypass valve blanking plate without adding an extern...