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A older friend just bought a 2001 4x4, 5 spd truck. When he was showing it to me, he asked "Oh, by the way, what's this", turns out he had a unpluged VA on the fender.



We didn't plug it in. I advised him to have the dealer run the Vin and make sure the warrenty hadn't been voided (at 33K).



My question, is how do you tell if his VA has the built in boost feature. Serial number, or extra plug ins?



Thanks, Ronnie
 
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The VA is undetectable as far as the ECM is concerned. If it has a built in boost fooler (I didn't know VA ever did this) it will have a 2nd set of plugs coming out of it. The large rectangular ones connect to the pump. The smaller ones connect to the map sensor.



Go ahead, plug it in! It makes a pretty big difference.
 
The new VA has a boost module built in. If it only has two large square connectors it does not have the boost module in it. It is only recently that they put the boost module in. Plug it in, the VA is a great box. If the warranty is voided there is nothing he can do but try to get his money back from the guy he bought the truck from. If you take it to the dealer take the VA out of the truck and leave it at home. The dodge dealer is not going to see that the VA has been on the truck with their computer. I would plug the VA in and drive the snot out of it.
 
If I dig hard I might find the dd module that I used with my old VA. Been collecting dust since I moved up to the now old edge!



This was on a 99, so I think the plugs are not the same on newer trucks. Also you will need the waste gate 'fix' along with the module to get the most out of the first gen VA.



Regardless, plug it in and enjoy the lower rpm power!
 
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